Aim: Globally, burden of liver and kidney diseases has been on the increase in recent times. The present study therefore investigates the hepatoprotective and nephroprotective potentials of unripe plantain Musa paradisiaca on CCl4-induced oxidative damage in albino rat. This was...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230465
For most conispirally-coiled Gastropods with determinate growth, the geometry of spirally-winding whorls is usually constrained by a strong negative correlation between whorl growth rate and the number of whorls reached at adulthood, as originally reported by the late S.J. Gould....
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230463
Two recent attempts to model the long-term trend in mean density of Antarctic krill in the southwestern sector of the Atlantic using the KRILLBASE dataset using different statistical methods as well as inclusion versus exclusion of data from “non-scientific” nets have resulted in...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230460
Elizabeth Simões do Amaral Alves, João Manoel da Silva, Micheline Thais dos Santos, Yamina Coentro Montaldo, Paula Cibelly Vilela da Silva, Tania Marta Carvalho dos Santos & Elizabeth Sampaio de Medeiros·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2021
This study aimed to evaluate the influence of post-dipping on milk production, composition, and quality of cows with subclinical mastitis. Samples of mast milk from two different dairy farms were analyzed in two moments: before the post-dipping implantation and after 30 days, the...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230461
Momordica charantia Linn, commonly called bitter-melon or ampalaya, is a vigorous, tendril-bearing, frost tender, annual vine of the cucurbitacae family reported to play significant role in health and nutrition. Chlorotic spot symptoms were observed on this plant during a visit t...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230462
Bosson-Amedenu Senyefia, Acquah Joseph, Nyarko Christiana Cynthia, Osei Asibey Eunice, Oduro Okyireh Theodore, Joseph Otoo, Teku Emmanuel, Khaoula Briki, Okanta Dade Gifty & Noureddine Ouerfelli·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2021
There is an ongoing investigation on the transmission characteristics of COVID-19 with respect to country-based inflection points, nature of distribution and prediction of future trends. In this study, a new accelerated and delayed spread models for COVID-19 reported cases and de...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230459
Twenty five (25) mixed breed weaned rabbits were utilized in 84-days experiment to investigate the effect of replacing bone ash with fresh water snail (Pila ampullacea) shell ash on the serum biochemical composition of weaned rabbits. The experiment was conducted at the Teaching...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1230458
Twenty five weaned male rabbits of mixed breeds were used to investigate the effect of replacing bone ash with fresh water snail shell ash on the performance of weaned rabbits. The experiment was conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Ben...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1130456
Emmanuel Effah-Yeboah, Emmanuel Dartey, Emmanuel Agyapong Asare, Janice Dwomoh Abraham, James K. Kagya-Agyemang, Gadafi Iddrisu Balali & Vincent Aboagye·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2021
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus or diabetes is a metabolic ailment which occurs as a result of insulin insufficiency or defect in insulin function, or both that leads to ihyperglycemia. Diabetes mellitus is a worldwide disease even though its prevalence in other countries vary. K...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1130457
Assongba Yédjanlognon Faustin, Konko Cossi Jacques, Yoka Joseph, Kpogniwe K. Joel, Djego G. M. Julien & Brice A. Sinsin·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2021
Aromatic and medicinal plants (AMP) are flora with a fragrant essence. The aim of this study is to identify the aromatic plants used by herbalists in three districts of the Departement des Collines. The method of data collection is based on ethnobotanical surveys of herbalists u...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1130452
Jamilie Brito de Castro, Renisson Neponuceno de Araújo Filho, Victor Casimiro Piscoya, Cristiane Maria Gonçalves Crespo, Renata de Oliveira Fernandes, Vanessa Corrêa da Mata, Edson dos Santos Fernandes Junior, Helaine Cristine Gonçalves Pires, Moacyr Cunha Filho, Gerson Diego Pamplona Albuquerque, Thaiana Brunes Feitosa, Milton Marques Fernandes, Raimundo Rodrigues Gomes Filho, João Lucas Aires Dias & Luiz Diego Vidal Santos·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2021
The present work aimed to quantify the concentrations and biomass stock of fine andthick roots, in three areas in the municipality of Capitão Poço-PA, Brazil. The areas used were degraded area, recovery area and native forest. For soil sampling, 24 trenches were opened, measuring...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1130453
Emmanuel Effah-Yeboah, Emmanuel Agyapong Asare, Gadafi Iddrisu Balali, Vincent Aboagye, Kofi Sarpong, Mohammed Taufiq & Abdul-Malik Bawah·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2021
Introduction: The breakthrough in the treatment of pathogenic diseases was the unearthing of naturally occurring antipathogenic agents or antibiotics. There have been upsurges in antibiotic-resistant strains of clinically important pathogens, which made way to the emergence of ne...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1130455
Marcos Jessé Abrahão Silva, Marceli Batista Martins Lima, Karla Valéria Batista Lima & Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2021
The proinflammatory response induced by Toll-Like receptors (TLR) is considered the host's first defense line. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) correspond to the most frequent type of variation in the human genome, and due to the importance of TLR2 in the immune response, S...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1130451
Koumiss (koumyss, kumiss, kumys, kumyz, kimiz or coomy) has been popular in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and the Turkic, Mongolian, and Caucasian peoples of Russia: Altay, Bashkortostan, Buryatia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachaevo-Cherkessia, Tatarstan, Tyva...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1130450
Assouman Jean Simon Konan, Diarrassouba Nafan, Yao Saraka Didier Martial & Ossey Aristide Randolphe·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2021
Knowledge of the morphology and floral phenology and the mastery of a manual pollination technique in a plant species are essential for its genetic improvement. The objective of this work will be to determine the morpho-phenological characteristics of the flowers of five self-fer...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i1130449