Aim: To investigate the patterns and levels of genetic polymorphism and population structures of wild C. nigrodigitatus using the microsatellite DNA in Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: in Nigeria between 2008 and 2009, and Laboratory of Mariculture, Ocean University of China...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9638
Introduction: Adipocytic (lipomatous) tumours have been described as soft tissue neoplasms composed of adipocytes at different stages of maturity. The predominant benign varieties are usually managed by surgical excision and therefore have much better prognosis than the malignant...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13431
To estimate the effect of aging on the mobility of heavy metals in soil, relationships between mobility of metals in soil and time after contamination were investigated. Copper, nickel and zinc were added as chloride solution to soil sample. Citrus peel as soil amendments was use...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11512
Objective: To evaluate the antioxidant and organ protective activities Crossopteryx febrifuga Benth, in male albino rats. Methods: Animals were intraperitoneally pretreated with the methanolic extract of the leaf at 10mg/kg dose before intoxication with CCl4 (0.6mL/Kg). The hepat...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13286
Host parasite relationships result from prolonged associations between organisms living in a given environment. The nature and extent of the association will determine the type of relationship existing between the co-habiting organisms. Host-parasite associations usually give ris...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/10263
Ryma Amamra, Mohamed Reda Djebar, Nedjoud Grara, Ouissem Moumeni, Hadjer Otmani, Amel Alayat & Houria Berrebbah·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Synthetic Pyrethroids are considered to be safe over other insecticides; however, data indicate that their use may pose risk to environmental biota, especially, aquatic organisms. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of cypermethrin, a widely used...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/10852
Objective: To study the pharmacognostic profile and wound healing effect of aerial parts of Bassia eriophora (Family: Chenopodiaceae), a wild plant in Saudi Arabia, on albino rats. Methods: The microscopy, phytochemical and physiochemical evaluation of the Bassia eriophora aerial...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13069
Aims: In this study, we investigated serumβ-endorphin and its feedback system in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCO). Experimental and clinical studies show that there is an over activity of sympathetic nervous system in PCOS. It affects quality of life and can worsen anxi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12932
Field experiments were conducted to assess the effects of differential irrigation on the growth, stress development and water- yield functions of dry season fadama-grown pepper in a humid rainforest zone of Nigeria. The aims were to characterize water productivity of pepper (crop...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9449
Aims: The study determined the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in secondary schools in Abia State, Nigeria. Study Design: A cross-sectional school based survey was conducted among adolescents of Aba South L.G.A to determine the prevalence of overweight and...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9919
Experiments was carried out to examine the effect of abscisic acid (ABA), source of carbon and temperature on secondary somatic embryogenesis and somatic embryo germination of Ferula assa-foetida L. Cotyledonary somatic embryos were cultured on MS (Murashig and Skoog, 1962) mediu...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12110
Aims: Herbicides are the most effective tool against the major weeds of cultivated plants, and are necessary in maintaining or increasing crop yields. However, most of these molecules are highly toxic for crop. Their massive and repeatly use can cause adverse effects on all compo...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9349
Plantlets produced in vitro from rhizomes of Kaempferia parviflora were used as the source of explants for microrhizome development. Sixty percent of the plantlets formed microrhizomes in liquid medium supplemented with1 mg/L BAP+1 mg/L NAA, with 60 g/L sucrose. The treatment gav...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13950
Aims: This research was performed for investigating the effect of two kinds of soil amendment materials on physicochemical properties of soil and wheat yield. Study Design: Experimental design was factorial experiments based on randomized complete block design with two factors an...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11113
Aquaculture is one of the fast growing foods producing sector worldwide. Cultured marine, freshwater fish as well as shellfish species are major contributors to fish production and also increase the annual production. Fish farming constitutes unique and significant berth in indus...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9558