The acute toxicity of chloroform extract of Artemisia maciverae Linn was studied in Swiss albino mice. The mice were randomly distributed into four groups of three animals each. The groups were respectively administered both intraperitoneally and orally chloroform extract of Arte...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/7865
The present investigation targets to develop a simple, specific, sensitive and accurate reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method in human plasma for the estimation of metformin HCl and propranolol HCl from bulk drug and also from the marketed product...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/10826
E. I. Sánchez Bernal, M. A. Camacho Escobar, N. Y. Ávila Serrano, A. Can Chulim & H. M. Ortega Escobar·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
The aim of this study was to evaluate the initial salinity and the type and amount of salt evacuated from soils of palomas, san luispotosí in a leaching process. These soils present primary and secondary salinization problems, induced by irrigation which affects their productive...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11847
Mohammadreza Seyyedmajidi, Saba Homapoor, Elahe Zanganeh, Mohammad Dadjou, Shahab Eskandari Nejad, Mohammad Hadi Tajik Galayeri, Jamshid Vafaeimanesh & Tajik Galayeri·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Aims: To assess the effect of clidinium-C on H. pylori eradication with a triple therapy including omeprazole, clarithromycin and amoxicillin (OCA) in patients with peptic ulcer disease (PUD). Also, to investigate the efficacy and safety of clidinium-C in prevention of drugs' sid...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11357
Aims: We characterized the responses of non-toxic seedlings of Jatropha curcas L. to variation in seed weight and substrate during their germination and growth. Study Design: Two analytical experiments using a randomized controlled trial approach were applied to consider the effe...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11697
Francisco Suazo-López, Rosalba Zepeda-Bautista, Felipe Sánchez-Del Castillo, J. Jesús Martínez-Hernández, Juan Virgen-Vargas & Leonardo Tijerina-Chávez·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Climatic and technical factors influence tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) production in hydroponics and greenhouse, but there is not much research on management of red volcanic rock as substratum, as well as on water and nutrient solution. Therefore, the effect of the concentrati...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11936
Aims: The aim of this paper is to propose a mathematical model of the cardiac electrical activity in accordance with heart physiology and utilizing this model to generate ECG (electrocardiogram) signal. Study Design: Modeling the cardiac electrical activity based on physiology of...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11916
Aims: To purify, characterize, and apply the laccase produced by submerged fermentation using an edible mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus ARC280. Study Design: Laccase purification and characterization were designed using the most recent approaches and statistical studies of triplica...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11218
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the biodegradation capacity of selected indigenous fungal isolates and optimization of their degradation ability using various environmental factors such as pH, incubation temperature, nutrient concentration and inoculums size in red...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/12008
Aims: To analyse the adoption of glyphosate herbicide on the control of speargrass. Study Design: Three local government areas were purposively selected. Data collection was carried out in three stages. First stage was through purposive sampling. The second stage was by random sa...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6771
Ashiver Elizabeth Annune, Chinwe. N. Ezeani & Victoria N. Okafor·Advances in Research·2014
The descriptive survey design using questionnaires and structured interview were adopted as instrument for data collection. Population of study consisted of 391 with the determined sample size of 198 fishermen. Frequency count, simple percentages and mean (x̅) were used to analyz...
In this paper, we analyze the relationship between national GDP and safety standards by determining if the rate of fatal occupational injury is high or low. We examine countries in two broad categories: The developed markets and the emerging markets. This study is limited for the...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2014/11157
Myers’ index is widely used in censuses, large scale sample surveys and in many other secondary data to study the digit preference error on single year raw age distribution particularly in developing countries where huge peaks and troughs are observed at the ten digits of age. Hi...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10673
Aims: Ginger, a rhizome of Zingiber officinale Roscoe (Fam. Zingiberaceae), has been widely used as a spice to enhance the flavor of food and beverages and for medical purposes in various diseases. Methodology: The review covers the databases and articles published between 2002-2...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/11138
The Natural Rubber Latex (NRL) from Hevea brasiliensis has shown promise in biomedical applications due to its low cost, easy handling, mechanical properties and biocompatibility, being used for bone regeneration and wound healing due to its natural stimulus to angiogenesis. The...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/12039