Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is one of the complications of surgery in a hospital. The SSI can increase the morbidity and mortality of patients. The primary prevention in the SSI case is to give the right prophylactic antibiotics following the applicable guidelines, which includ...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i4400
Background and Aim: Ocimum gratissimum is widely used in traditional medicine for its good antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. Stroke is an important factor of disability and death worldwide causing brain injury through oxidative stress and inflammation. The present study...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i4398
Chromotherapy, also called Color Therapy or Visible Range Radiation Therapy, is a non-pharmacological therapeutic modality that uses various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation from within the visible spectrum (colors). Methods & Materials: The study was performed on 65...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i4397
Aim: This Study was design to determine the phytochemical and antimicrobial activities of leaves, roots and stem bark of Cochlospermum tentorium, Bryophyllum pinnatum, and Erythrina senegalensis obtained in Takum Town of Taraba state. Methods: The leaves, roots and stem bark of C...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i3395
Chromolaena odorata, a neglected weed with wide spectrum is a multipurpose plant that contains high concentration of anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrheal, anti-hypertensive agents that protects against tissue damage. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of ethanolic leaf e...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i4396
Solanum nigrum L. has been traditionally used as traditional Chinese medicine and food all over the world. Phytochemical investigations of the immature fruits of S. nigrum have been carried out and five coumarins (1-5) and five phenolic compounds (6-11) were obtained. Their struc...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i3393
Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.) has been traditionally used as indigenous Chinese medicine. Phytochemical investigations of the immature fruits of S. nigrum have been carried out and nine phenylpropanoids (1-9) were obtained. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i3394
Plants have been a source of important chemical compounds that can be used for treatment of different disease. Natural products in plants also are a source of active compounds and can be considered an alternative to synthetic molecules with high antioxidant potential. Objective o...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i3392
Dysfunctional pancreatic beta cell and impaired glucose metabolism in the liver has been implicated in streptozotocin (STZ)-type 2 diabetes mellitus and this has been linked with increased oxidative stress. Whether methanol extract of Dryopteris dilatata (MEDd), a flavonoid-rich...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i3391
Background and Aim: Diabetes mellitus is an increasing disease empirically controlled with medicinal plants, whose many virtues are still unknown even by people who eat them as food. The study aimed to evaluate the antihyperglycemic and antidiabetic effects of Crassocephalum crep...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i2389
Background: Vernonia amygdalina del. (Arecaceae) leaf, popularly known as ‘Bitter leaf’ is widely used as a leafy vegetable in soups and in folkloric medicine against many ailments including stomach discomfort. Aim: The current study aimed to assess the gastroprotective effect of...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i2386
Background: Some diabetic patients seek care exclusively from traditional herbal practitioners. It is not known if the care provided by herbalists is effective in maintaining optimal glycemic control. Aim: To compare glycemic control in adult patients with type 2 diabetes on trea...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i2385
Diabetes is a common non-transmittable disease in the world today. It is the fourth leading cause of mortality in most developed nations and there is significant proof that it is widespread in many developing and newly developed nations. Diabetes patients are at risk of develo...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i2384
Aims: To review previous electronic literature available on the internet regarding epidemiology of smoking among Indonesian women, and its associated factors with seeking for alternative management available in the internet. Study Design: A simple cross sectional study by systema...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i230370
A couple with infertility is a couple who fails to achieve pregnancy after 12 months or more after regular sexual intercourse without using contraception. Infertility can be caused by a male factor or a female factor. In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is one of the assisted reproducti...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2022/v19i1387