Kazadi Minzangi, Pius T. Mpiana, Bashwira Samvura, Archileo N. Kaaya, Matthäus Bertrand & Justin N. Kadima·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Objective: Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) in Democratic Republic of the Congo is packed with fantastic oilseed plants that need to be analysed in order to promote a sustainable exploitation for both commercial and food supply purposes. The study aimed to determine the content...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17297
Aim: To determine the anti-inflammatory potential of flavonoid rich fraction of Monodora myristica seeds. Study Design: In vitro evaluation of anti-inflammatory assays: Membrane stability, Inhibition of denaturation of albumin and lipoxygenase inhibition. Place and Duration: Depa...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17853
Benoit Banga N’guessan, Boua Narcisse Gnangoran, Joseph Adusei Sarkodie, Kassim Dosso, Irene Akwo Kretchy, Patrick Amoateng, Isaac Asiedu-Gyekye, David Osafo Owusu, Alexander Nyarko & Angoue Paul Yapo·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Aims: Antihyperglycaemic effects of an ethyl acetate fraction of the leaf extract of Holarrhena floribunda on normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Study Design: Healthy adult albino Wistar rats (weighing 100-150 g) were used for this study. The rats were divided into...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17748
Esraa A. El-Hawary, Ebrahim Abdel-Aziz, Rola M. Labib, Ahmed Esmat, Ashraf B. Abdel-Naim, Amani E. Khalifa, Abdel Nasser B. Singab & Nahla A. Ayoub·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
Aim: The current study evaluates the anti-inflammatory activity of the methanolic leaf extract of Schotia brachypetalea, isolates and identifies the phenolic content and standardizes the crude leaf extract using HPLC. Place and Duration of study: This study was conducted in the D...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/16621
Cancer is a leading cause of disease globally. Treatment methods combine radiation therapy, surgery, novel drug chemotherapy and recently, nano drugs. During the past few years, the venoms of various vipers that selectively block the function of integrin receptors have been emplo...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17699
So far, the use of media in education has always been applied to achieve established goals, and the selection of these goals was slightly affected by the use of the chosen media. However, the availability of mathematical software, and, more precisely, computer algebra systems, ca...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17798
In order to study the potential use of Bacillus subtilis and B. cereus as biological control agents of mosquitoes larvae in aqueous environments as happens with B. thuringiensis var. israelensis, fish model was used hence treatments with these bacterial species will be in aquatic...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/8711
Climate variation is already a threat to agricultural production and employment of appropriate adaptation strategies could help reduce its effect. Hence, this study was conducted to determine the adaptation strategies being used by banana and plantain farmers in Delta state of Ni...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/8474
Aims: Physical activity is well recognized for its bone health benefit. We examined the benefit of walk/run/jog on bone health using broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) of the calcaneus. Methodology: Caucasian and African American males (n=593) and females (n=1,106) had their...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/17962
Aims: This study investigated the acceptability and preservative influence of ginger extract on sorghum stem sheath drink. Study Design: Factorial design was used for this study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in the Food Processing, Sensory and Microbiol...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/10634
Chickpea is an important legume crop in Amhara region. The harvested grain of the crop could be stored for more than six months to look for better price and/or as insurance for food security. In the store Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) cause considerable damage to the grain. Noug...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/17428
The aim of this work was to assess heavy metal concentrations of samples collected from areas around a volcanic mountain in Tanzania. Fifty five soil samples and 10 samples of bean leaves were analysed using Energy Dispersive X- ray Fluorescence spectrometry (EDXRF). The concentr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/16991
This study examines the socioeconomic factors that influence farmers’ willingness to accept monetary compensation to engage in tree planting and to evaluate realistic payment of incentives. Contingent Valuation method was employed to elicit bids levels of 200 farm households in G...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/16348
An UV-VIS spectrophotometric investigation has been made to study the interaction and aggregation of anionic remazol brilliant violet-5R (RBV-5R) dye in acidic ethanol amine and tallow amine solutions. As a consequence of increasing the concentration of ethanol amine, the maximum...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17172
Background: G. superb L. is an important medicinal plant of Ayurvedic system of medicine. It is distributed naturally widely throughout the tropics, and worldwide as a pot plant. Due the poor germination and low viability of seeds plant required more time for growing. As seed ger...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12975