Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the possible hypotensive and diuretic effects of ethanolic extract of Urtica circularis (Hicken) Sorarú (Urticaceae) using preclinical methods. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Biochemis...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/25661
Background: Plants are important sources of medicinal materials and have been in use since ancient times. Although numerous plants have been explored for their medicinal properties, there still remains much to be studied. Aim: To evaluate the phytochemical constituents of Eucalyp...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/25759
Jesca Lukanga Nakavuma, Josphat Clement Matasyoh, Isabel Nyokabi Wagara, John Kalema & Lordrick Alinaitwe·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2016
Aim: In a bid to explore for grain bio-preservatives, essential oils extracted from Cymbopogon citratus, Rosmarinus officinalis, Monanthataxis littoralis and Aframomum angustifolium, that were earlier established to have anti-mold activity, were evaluated for their biosafety by d...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/25185
Since the techniques employed in refining can alter the chemical composition of edible oils, the phytosterol and vitamins A and E composition of branded vegetable oils sold in Nigeria were determined. The result showed that sitosterol, campesterol, stigmasterol and 5-Avenasterol...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/22920
Aim: This research work set to investigate the effect of feeding a mixture of two functional foods with a view to ascertain their therapeutic effect against Trypanosoma brucei brucei in challenged rats. Experimental Design: Complete randomized clinical trial design was used in th...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/24356
Alzheimer’s disease is an age-related central nervous disorder that has created daunting challenges for the treating physicians, the families and the society. Alzheimer’s disease, a leading neurodegenerative disorder worldwide, is a major cause of dementia in the developed and de...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/24771
We present a case report of a 69-year old man with spinal ischemic stroke and spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage (sSAH) in the thoracic region. The first complaint was low back pain, which was followed by retention of urine, inferior paraplegia and distal hypesthesia below Th7-8 derm...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2016/25903
Introduction: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) plays a key role in glucose and insulin regulation, and in the onset of diabetes. ACE gene polymorphisms A240T, C1237T, G2350A and I/D located in the promoter, coding and non-coding regions have been studied in both type-2 diabete...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25383
Common bean is the most important pulse crop in Kenya, though small scale farmers involved in its farming have limited access to quality seeds resistant to pests such as bean stem maggot, thereby limiting its production from potential yield production of 2000 kg ha-1 to less than...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24915
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of tillage implements on potato yield and water use efficiency. The study was conducted at a private farm at Al-Kharj Governorate, Saudi Arabia during 2015 in randomize complete block design with three replications. Three pri...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24950
In this article, we suggest a new approach while solving two phase simplex method. The method sometimes involves less iteration than in the Simplex Method or at the most an equal number because the method attempts to replace more than one basic variable simultaneously. While deal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24440
The main focus of this article was to examine whether or not there are comparative advantages of farmers’ organization-based (FBO) extension service over services provided by other agencies. “Advantage” here means demand driven, effective and sustainable extension services. The a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/24414
This paper introduces a new heuristic function with high efficiency for an optimum solving of the 8-puzzle, this one being the double of the Chebyshev distance. The comparative study is realized among this new heuristic (Chebyshev heuristic), the Hamming heuristic and the Manhatt...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/24467
An aerosol is a suspension of solid or liquid particles in air or other gaseous environment. Sources of bacterial aerosols exist within and outside the dental clinic. The generation of bacterial aerosols and splatters appears to be highest during dental procedures. The use of rot...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24101
In the present work, extenics approach is used for modeling a problem of software testing. The approach is useful for generation of the test cases through the sequence diagram designed by the use of Unified Modeling Language. Authors created formalized sequence diagram by use of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2016/25374