Background: Down Syndrome (DS) is the most frequent chromosomal abnormality in live births with an incidence of 1 to 1.7 per 1,000 births and a variable physical expression. Down syndrome screening has been an integral part of routine prenatal care in recent decades. Currently, t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/317
Mimusops elengi (Linn.) commonly known as Bakul is one such tree native to the Western Ghat region of the peninsular India. However, today this tree is also found growing in other parts of the tropical and sub tropical regions of the world. The stem, barks, leaves and fruits are...
The study evaluated the effect of combined extracts of Vernonia amygdalina (VA) and Gongronema latifolium (GL) on the pancreas of streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic Wistar rats. Thirty-two (32) albino rats were divided equally into 4 groups. Groups A and B which served as norm...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/215
The aim of this study was to investigate the antihypertensive effect of the methanol extract of the leaf of Napoleona imperialis (p. beauv) in adrenaline induced hypertensive rats (AlHR) and compared with those of Propanolol in a cross over design. Napoleona imperialis leaf extra...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2011/274
The studies developed in this work aimed to find alternatives to biodegradation or bioremediation of soils contaminated with gasoline or gasohol. So, the biodegradation of benzene, toluene and o-xylene (BTX) in soil samples contaminated with gasoline or gasohol by a bacterial con...
In the framework of gravitational theory of general relativity, this article has systematically and radically solved the problem of galaxy formation and some significant cosmological puzzles. A flaw with Einstein’s equation of gravitational field is firstly corrected and the foun...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2011/294
Delgado R. Marcos, Parsons Jason, Garcia Humberto, Corral A. Alba Y, Cruz J. Gustavo, Campos T. Alfredo, Duarte M. Alberto & Gardea-Torresdey Jorge·Physical Science International Journal·2011
Lead (Pb) and arsenic (As) levels on PM10 were measured for indoor and outdoor atmospheres and soil samples in Chihuahua City (Chihuahua, Mexico). The concentration of both Pb and As in the soil samples was determined and compared using two instrumental techniques, Inductively co...
Aim/Background: The present study was planned to evaluate the antidiabetic activity of ‘Folk recipe’ a combination of traditional medicinal plants in normoglycemic and alloxan-induced diabetes rabbits. The level of antioxidant activity was determined by DPPH in relation to the to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/245
E. Y. Osipova, T. V. Shamanskaya, O. A. Kurakina, V. A. Nikitina, B. B. Purbueva, A. Y. Ustugov, D. Y. Kachanov, E. V. Skorobogatova, Z. M. Dishlevaya & S. A. Roumiantsev·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2011
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have been widely used in different areas of medicine because of their immunosupressive properties and influence on regeneration of the damaged tissues. The objective of this study was to examine the kinetics of growth (MSC from 4-3 passages had signif...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/282
It is retrospective and hospital based case control study which was conducted in the federal city of Islamabad in Pakistan in order to assess the risk factors of the urinary bladder cancer. This study was based on the 100 controls and 50 cases comprising 150 subjects which were s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/186
Between 1906 and 2005, records show that global average air temperature near the earth’s surface increased by 0.74 ± 0.18°C. If emissions of greenhouse gases, and in particular CO2, continue unabated the enhanced greenhouse effect may alter the world’s climate system irreversibly...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2011/118
Potato soft rot, caused by Bacillus pumilus Od23, greatly affect potato tuber quality in storage and cultivars of Mali and indicated that it can affect all potato cultivars. Bacteria isolated from soil rhizosphere samples of healthy Malian indigenous trees were screened for their...
Objective: Urinary tract infection (UTI) remains a worldwide therapeutic problem, not only as a nosocomial disease but also as a community-acquired infection. Antibiotic resistance of urinary tract pathogens has increased worldwide. Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/207
Vladimir P. Baklaushev, Nadezhda Ph. Grinenko, Eugene B. Tsitrin, Michael S. Belyaev, Vladimir E. Mukhin, Gaukhar M. Yusubalieva, Olga I. Gurina, Svetlana N. Bykovskaya & Vladimir P. Cheknonin·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2011
Downregulation of gap junctions by monoclonal antibodies against the second extracellular loop of connexin-43 (E2Cx43) was studied in a passaged culture of astrocytes. The results of confocal laser scanning microscopy demonstrated that, after two hours of coincubation of cells lo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/290
Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] downy mildew (DM) is caused by the fungus Sclerospora graminicola (SACC.) SCHRÅT. is the most widespread and destructive disease of pearl millet affecting yield and quality in all the millet cultivating tracts of India. Since pearl m...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2011/231