Baphia nitida Lodd. (Family Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) is a tropical plant used in African folkloric medicine for the treatment of infections and inflammatory conditions. This study therefore seeks to investigate the biological activities including antimicrobial, antioxidant and...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22459
Aim: Food borne infections continue to debilitate human populations. Powdered Infant foods, cereal based, and malt based foods have been less investigated for the presence of Chronobacter sakazakii and other enteropathogenic bacteria as agents of diarrhea and Necrotizing enteroco...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/17912
In this paper, we report synthesis of the new biheterocycles containing 1,2,4-triazole and 1,2,4-oxadiazole or 1,3,4-oxadiazole moiety. Oxadiazole ring is bioisosteric replacement of carboxamide group. In future, these compounds will be used for enzymatic synthesis of ribavirin a...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/22429
We obtained honey from the blooming flowers of tea plants (Camellia sinensis L.) pollinated by honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Functional amino acids, theanine, which is a unique ingredient to tea, was determined using reversed-phase chromatography. We also determined the main ing...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21811
Aims: This study is to evaluate the growth performance, flock uniformity, feather weight, carcass characteristics and economic indices of broilers fed low protein diets fortified with synthetic lysine. Study Design: All data generated were subjected to analysis of variance in a ...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/22243
Plant breeders have been challenged with genotype by environment (G x E) interaction to develop high yielder and stable varieties. They have been using different univariate stability models to simplify the challenge. The major ones are coefficient of variation (CVi), absolute ran...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/13918
Aim: To study the effect of copper ions on the sorption and desorption of chlorsulfuron in five, wheat growing soils from Mara River Basin, Kenya. Study Design: The experiments were laid down in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. Control experiments wer...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21528
Earthworms contribute significantly towards the proper functioning of our ecosystem and are environmentally and economically beneficial to the well-being of other organisms. These soil dwelling organisms serve to enhance vegetation growth in an eco-friendly manner among other ben...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/22573
Gynaecomastia is a glandular tissue proliferation leading to unilateral or bilateral enlargement of male mammary glands of man and animals. The present work describes a rare case of gynecomastia in a four-year-old Nubian buck. Place of Study: Departments of Microbiology, Patholog...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/22309
Anthocyanins extracted from flowers of Delonix regia and Hibiscus sabdariffa were coupled with diazotised aniline. Spectroscopic analysis revealed the resulting product to be 4-phenylazo phenol. This study provides a viable use for anthocyanins as an alternative source of phenol...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22393
Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the leaf traits and branching patterns between Acacia tortilis, Balanites aegyptiaca and Ziziphus mauritiana seedlings, three species occurring in the same range in the Sahel, a semi‑arid tropical area of Africa. Study Design: Seeds used...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/22269
A comparative serum biochemistry assessment of experimental infection with single and conjunct Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei), and Ancylostoma cannium (A. caninum) was carried out in a total of sixteen mongrel breed of dog. The dogs were randomly assigned into 4 groups with 4 ani...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/21722
Aims: To assess the level of early sensitization and education of adolescent high school girls in Rwanda about Breast Cancer (BC) and Breast Self-Examination (BSE) as one of strategic approaches to reduce the risk of late intervention and thence the BC related deaths. Methods: 23...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/22601
Background: Intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) represents the most common type of abdominal TB. Definitive diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis is made on the basis of morphological examination of surgical specimens in majority of cases as clinico-radiological features are non-specifi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/20553
John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Paschal Awingura Apanga, Maurice Anyawie, Thomas Abachie, Stephen Boidoitsiah, Joseph Larbi Opare & Martin Nyaaba Adokiya·International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health·2015
Background: Anthrax is a bacterial infection that affects both animals and humans. It is caused by gram positive bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. It is an acute, specific infectious disease of mainly grass eating animals including cattle, sheep, goats and pigs and common in areas w...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2016/22359