Aims: Man-made activities such as excessive oil exploration, automobile emissions, gas flaring and agricultural activities tend to elevate the concentrations of heavy metals in the surrounding. Heavy metals have the tendency to accumulate in plant roots, which may result to heavy...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i930261
Antioxidants are very important compounds that are very vital in human health and they have been proven to reduce the risk of diseases such as cancer in human health. Many researchers have used callus to produce antioxidant and most of them used different techniques to get reason...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i930258
Proximate composition, essential heavy metal concentration of fruiting bodies (POFB) and mycelium (POMY) of Pleurotus ostreatus were conducted using standard methods. Moisture content was higher (9.79%) in POFB than in POMY (8.76%) on dry weight basis. Ash was higher in POFB(6.25...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i930260
Aims: This study evaluated the effect of cutting lengths on sprouts and seedling growth of P. santalinoides. Study Design: The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomised Design (CRD). Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Department of Forestry and...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i930256
Aims: The first highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 outbreak in Africa occurred in Kaduna State, Nigeria and despite possible introduction of H5N1 virus into Nigeria through wild birds; few studies have been undertaken on the risk of live wild bird trade and sellers” bi...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i930257
Breast milk is one fluid that could contain heavy metals and this can be dangerous to the health of breastfeeding baby. The increase in urbanization and industrialization often comes with the increased level of heavy metals in the environment especially in developing countries wh...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i830255
The study was carried out at the poultry unit of the Department of Animal Science teaching and research farm, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to determine the Chemical and Microbial Analysis of Poultry Litter Treated with Graded Levels of Aluminium sulphate (Alum). The alum used w...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i830254
Aim: This study investigated the synergistic effect of docetaxel plus saponin fraction of Vitex doniana on prostate specific antigen and p53 in nitrsobis (2-oxopropyl) amine-induced prostate toxicity in Wistar rat. Methodology: Twenty-four (24) male Wistar rats with elevated seru...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i830253
Houseflies (Musa domestica) are common insects of the families muscidae, order Dipthera. They are synanthropic insects that are widely distributed worldwide. They enter several places, including contaminated premises due to their own biological habit of feeding. This study identi...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i830251
Some Sulfanoquinoxaline-2,3-diones hydrazone derivatives (1-8) were synthesized from the reactions of 2,3-dioxoquinoxaline-6-sulfonohydrazine with seven substituted benzaldehydes and acetophenone. All the synthesized compounds were biologically evaluated against cholinesterase’s...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i830252
Probiotics are live microorganisms that are very beneficial to human health when consumed in a sufficient amount. Screening and fingerprinting of isolates with probiotic potentials from indigenous food products were evaluated. Fresh palm wine, Ogi and Tiger nut drinks were bought...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i730250
Aims: The study aims to predict in-silico the structural and functional annotation of Tomato Chocolate Spot Virus (TCSV) retrieved from Uniprotkb with the accession number C7EXM3. Study design: To use the In-silico approach for the structural and functional annotation of the Tom...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i730249
200 fry of carp obtained from induced breeding by stripping were fed three times daily ad libitum with Artemia (DT1), commercial starter diet (DT2), and dried egg yolk (DT3)for 8 weeks. Each treatments were in triplicates in indoor hatchery. At the end of the experiment, the pr...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i730248
The study was conducted in poultry production unit of the Teaching and Research farm in the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Usmanu Danfodiyo University to investigate the effect of graded levels of kapok seed meal on broiler bird’s performance. A total of 28...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i730247
Over the last 10 years several new viral pathogens have appeared in human populations in India. We have also seen the emergence of infectious diseases like COVID-19. It is time to reassess our current practice patterns and commit to a ‘NEW STANDARD’ for infection prevention and c...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i730246