Aims: The present study was carried on the stem bark of Cassia arereh Del. Different extracts were prepared and were assessed for their in vitro larvicidal, antiplasmodial and cytotoxicity properties. Methodology: Larvicidal activity of the methanol extract was evaluated against...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/2105
Aims: To examine the cytoprotective effects and mechanisms of a royal jelly extract in protecting the human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) from nicotine toxicity. Study Design: Laboratory experimental tests. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physiology and Dep...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/1386
Aims: The present work was decided to evaluate the in-vitro anti-inflammatory activity of crude extracts of Bombax ceiba in order to characterize the role of this extract in affecting the inflammatory process. Study Design: Extraction of B. ceiba bark, phytochemical screening, an...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/2113
Aims: The study was conducted to develop the protocol for callus culture, cell suspension culture and to determine antibacterial activity of Ricinus communis L. cv. Roktima in cell extract. Study Design: Hypocotyl segments used as explants in callus culture and agar disk diffusio...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/1722
Natalia Romero-Sandoval, Alexandra Guanopatin, Gustavo Gallegos, Andrés Collaguazo, Paulina Sáenz, Verónica Latorre, Verónica Egas, Oscar Flores, Mireia Utzet & Miguel Martín·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2012
Aim: This study aimed to characterise the consumption and type of breakfast associated with overweight and obesity in students of the Quito Metropolitan area in the academic year 2010-2011. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Quito municipal schools...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2144
Aim: The aims of this study were to attempt to extract, purify and characterize of L-asparaginase, an antitumor agent, from Penicillium brevicompactum NRC 829. Study Design: Testing of antitumor activity of L-asparaginase against four different tumor human cell lines. Place and D...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2012/1735
Aims: To ascertain the contributions of Escherichia coli to diarrhea among patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in a HIV endemic community. Study Design: Hospital based cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Mkar Ch...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2012/1098
Aim: To use cultivation-independent techniques based on DGGE of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene and to evaluate bacterial community composition during bioremediation of crude oil-polluted soil. Study Design: Molecular fingerprints of bacterial populations involved in the active phase...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2012/1565
Aims: The frequency of the mutant gene for sickle cell is widely distributed in the sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. There is epidemiologic evidence that sickle cell trait confers a survival advantage against malaria and that the selection pressur...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1762
Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have increased worldwide equally burdening people from different ethnic and socio-economic groups. Hypertension is an eminent modiï¬able risk factor for CVD and relates to body adiposity, which can be evaluated by various anthropometric...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1750
This project outlined use of the diffusion of innovations model to disseminate bone marrow transplantation technology for the cure of sickle cell anemia and other hemoglobinopathies. Besides, we Identified technologically developed nations that have the relevant medical workforce...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1793
Aims: Malaria infection leads to the formation of circulating immune complexes (CICs) which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of complicated malaria which includes severe malarial anemia. Children with sickle cell trait (HbAS) are less predisposed to getting severe manifes...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2012/1761
Aims: In Ethiopia, AIDS has become the leading cause of mortality in the 15-49 years age group, accounting for an estimated 43% of all young adult deaths. Though the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), improved survival and quality of life, early data fr...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2013/1897
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of magnetic field on a boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a dusty fluid over an exponentially stretching surface with an exponential temperature distribution. The governing boundary layer equations are reduced into system of co...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2012/1250
The aim of this paper is to evaluate and study the Kullback–Leibler divergence of the γ–ordered Normal distribution, a generalization of Normal distribution emerged from the generalized Fisher’s information measure, over the scaled t–distribution. We investigate this evaluation t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2012/1358