Nalidixic acid was the first quinolone antibiotic introduced to the treatment of urinary tract infections. It was effective especially against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria but resistance to it emerged rapidly. In this article we reviewed the newly synthesized nalidixi...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/17634
The tetrachloropalladate (II) complex salt which with glutamine of formula [(Pd Cl4) H2. (L- Glutamine)2], was prepared and characterized through IR spectroscopy. The compound was found cytotoxic to TA 98 bacterial cells of Salmonella typhimurium. To our knowledge this is the fir...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/16772
It is known that there are delicate links and fine parallels between an art and science. Both these spheres of human endeavor involve a unique combination of professional skill and creative search. Sometimes an intuitive line of a great poet or philosopher may be likened to the o...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/15906
In this study, a series of benzimidazole derivatives was synthesized by using a simple, inexpensive and rapid method using different ammonium salts. Some of these derivatives were exclusively isolated, characterized and tested for their anti-fungal activity. The biological activi...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/17011
This work was carried out at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Yaoundé Nkol bisson. Ten improved and four local cultivars of taro were used to carry out a pathogenicity test of Phytophthora colocasiae isolates from which one virulent isolate from both im...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/14814
Valdinei Tadeu Paulino, João Batista de Andrade, Erika Maria Celegato Teixeira, Keila Maria Roncato Duarte & Márcia Atauri Cardelli de Lucena·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2015
In integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS), grain crop and pasture development may affect the soil organic carbon stocks and chemical soil fertility and help to renew degraded pastures, increasing land use efficiency and endeavor income. Our objectives were to evaluate changes i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/17306
Foliar rust disease is a real threat to the wheat crop of Pakistan from few last years. Humid conditions are very favorable for the proliferation of the stripe rust especially in the rain-fed region of the Punjab. This piece of research is done to find the hotspots of the stripe...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/16025
Aim: This study investigates the implication of the waste dumpsite on the groundwater quality. Place of Study: The study was conducted in Calabar Metropolis, the Capital of Cross River state of Nigeria. Methodology: 22 boreholes were selected for the study. Data on these borehole...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2015/16144
Background and Aims: Microwave ablation (MWA) under different imaging guidance is a new technique for treating liver malignancies. The ablation creates a transitional zone at the periphery of the ablated region. In this zone, few cancer cells might escape heat causing local recur...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17155
Hydroxycarbamide (HC) is a ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor which promotes fetal hemoglobin (HbF) induction and has proven efficacy in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients. Given its mechanism of action and prior reports of genotoxicity in animal models, concern exists regarding...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17515
Aim: Accurate estimation of the prosthetic valve size pre-operatively can aid to the efficiency and effectiveness to mitral valve surgery. Traditionally Two dimensional Echocardiography is being used for this purpose but cannot be claimed as optimum tool. This study computes and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16835
Background: Vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus infection during pregnancy and delivery remains the major route of transmission in low resource areas. The objectives of this study were to determine the sero-prevalence of hepatitis B infection (HBsAg) and the potential risk...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16397
The prevalence of malaria and its co-infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was investigated in Owena, Idanre Local Government Area and State Hospital Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. A total of 150 blood samples (Total number at, Owena = 88 and the State Hospital = 62) wer...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16987
Background: In Delta State, free doses of ivermectin are distributed annually to communities through the Community Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI). Despite this intervention approach, pockets of endemic foci still exits. Updated information of the epidemiology of human...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/17505
Plant-based medicinal products have been acknowledged since ancient times and several medicinal plants and their products have been used to control diabetes in the traditional medicinal systems of many cultures worldwide. Several synthetic oral hypoglycemic agents are the primary...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/15873