The term “probiotics” (meaning “for life” in Greek) refers products containing live microorganisms, which increase the population of friendly intestinal bacteria upon ingestion. Several new dairy product formulations containing probiotic cultures are being developed with such mic...
In this investigation extracts of leaves and barks from five tropical antimalarial plants namely; Magnifera indica, Anacardium occidentale, Azachiractha indica, Carica papaya Linn and Cymbopogm citrates were studied in vitro for their total phenolics, total flavonoids and inhibit...
The present investigation was conducted to study the effect of intra uterine infusion of 20 ml Lugol’s iodine (0.25 %) on day 5 (Group I; n= 18), day 17 (Group II n= 17) on reproductive performance as compared to untreated animals (Group III; n= 18). The average inter estrus inte...
This study was aimed to investigate the effects of chemical treatment as well as pasteurization on the shelf life of “kunun zaki” (a non-alcoholic beverage commonly consumed by the people of northern Nigeria), to increase the shelf life and preserve the quality of the beverage. K...
The jaw of tiger (Panthera tigris) is derived for predation with powerful killing bites. They use large canine in a shearing bite to the throat of prey for severing nerves and blood vessels causing rapid collapse. The present study was proposed to keep on record the gross anatomi...
The extracts from Cissus adnata Roxb. leaves and Smilax lanceaefolia Roxb. roots have been used as medicinal remedies to promote dissolution and expulsion of urinary calculi. From methanol extract of the leaves of Cissus adnata, three compounds, namely, CSM1 (a triterpenoid), CSM...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2011/281
Background: Hemoglobin variants, ABO and Rhesus blood groups are known to vary from one population to another. This study therefore sought to study the frequency of these indices among a cohort of Nigerian University students of African descent. The result will serve as a platfor...
Glycemic indices (GIs) and insulin responses are useful for measuring biological effects and consequences of carbohydrates when designing healthy diets, particularly for people with or at risk of developing diabetes and others disorders such as metabolic syndrome. In this study,...
The aim of this work was to study proteolytic activity of actinidin in comparison with chymosin and ficin on bovine milk substrate. The specific activities of purified ficin and actinidin were 7.9 and 8.3 unit/mg protein, respectively. The optimum clotting activity of both actini...
Precision agriculture (PA) concept was initiated for site specific crop management as a combination of positioning system technology, variable rate technology, remote sensing, yield mapping etc. to optimize the profitability, sustainability with a reduced environmental impact. Fr...
Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important cereal crop in Nigerian agriculture. The crop occupies a crucial place than other cereal crops since it is used as food, feed, fodder and other industrial raw material. The aim of this study was to conduct a comparative study on th...
This research intends to carry out a comparative study, on the yield of hybrid and open-pollinated maize, with the involvement of farmers in Giwa local government area of Kaduna state. Specifically, it evaluated existing hybrid and open-pollinated maize production technologies by...
Medicinal plants are reservoirs of natural products with anti-diabetic potentials. In the present study we screened Costus afer for the presence of plant products and to study the effects of the methanolic leaf extract of the plant on fasting blood glucose of normal rats. Adult m...
Introduction: Epidemiology of skin diseases has been studied and evaluated occasionally. In view of high incidence of skin diseases and economic burden that it poses, there is a need to evaluate the present epidemiology and prescribing pattern of skin disorders. Objective: To ass...