Aim of Study: To investigate the effects of oral administration of moringa seed on sperm production rate and gonadal sperm reserve in rabbits. Study Design: 7 Month old mixed breed male rabbits were randomly assigned into two treatment groups. Group 1(n=30) was the control group...
Objective: To investigate the phytochemical constituents of methanolic extracts of leaf and stem of Marsilea quadrifolia (Linn.). Methods: The methanolic leaf and stem extracts of M. quadrifolia were prepared by standard procedure and concentrated at 40ºC using hot air oven. The...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/11350
Objectives: The question of interaction between endemic malaria infection and nutritional status of the host is always controversial and their relationship remains difficult to establish. Furthermore, the nutritional requirements of the host include some trace elements that are a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/10256
Background/Objective: Health and socio-cultural concerns have led to a situation in which the slim body mentality is now a global phenomenon, raising the potentials for fear of fatness which, in turn, can significantly compromise psychological well-being. Research also indicated...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10311
Aims: Common indigenous browse plants were identified in this work and their phytochemical, nutrient, anti-nutrient and mineral constituents were investigated. Recommendations have been made based on the findings. Study Design: A structured questionnaire was administered to goat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2014/5997
Background: Interleukin-10 (IL-10) and IL–12B single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are confirmed to influence the natural history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and the response to treatment. This work aimed at evaluating the impact of SNPs in IL-10 gene at positions _10...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11022
Aims: In this paper, a morphometric study was carried out to analyze the variation of seeds of Opuntia accessions using several statistical approaches. The main objective was to select morphological seeds variables for characterization and differentiation of Opuntia genotypes. Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/11606
Aims: Glutathione peroxidases in plants have diverse roles in the maintenance of redox homeostasis in conditions of stress. The studies involving this group of enzymes have clearly demonstrated that they are near homologues to animal phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxid...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/10728
Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of two alkylating structural analogues of chloramphenicol that have potential for application for treatment of dermal sited neoplasms. Study Design: Two compounds have been shown to alkylate guanosine-5’-diphosphate (GDP) at physiological conditions...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2014/11838
Due to the need and the necessity to express a physical phenomenon in terms of an effective and comprehensive analytical form, this paper is devoted to study of Airy functions, which arise from the Airy differential equations, by means of integral transforms. Illustrative example...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11064
The distribution of ratio of two random variables are of interest in many areas of the sciences. The study of the ratio of same family and finding their exact density expression was examined by many authors for decades. Some are solved and others gave approximations, but many sti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11217
The objective of this work was to find the numerical solution of the Impendence problem for the Helmholtz equation for a smooth superellipsoid. The superellipsoid is a shape that is controlled by two parameters. There are some numerical issues in this type of an analysis; any int...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/11580
Aims: The present study was undertaken to understand the need of fed bioequivalence studies for immediate release pharmaceutical products and thereby evaluating the relative appropriateness of guidelines given by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the United States Food and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/10496
Aim: A new, simple, rapid, very sensitive and accurate high performance thin-layer chromatographic (HPTLC) method has been developed and validated for estimation of Gemifloxacin in rabbit plasma. Study Design: Validation study. Methodology: HPTLC was performed on silica gel 60F25...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/4070
Study of thiamine ferrous complex is carried out by intensive use of cyclic voltammetry. The different mole ratio of ferrous thiamine complexes is assessed. Acidified KCl (1M) solution is used as supporting electrolyte. Mole ratio of complex is established 1:2 (thamine: Ferrous i...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/10977