Benjamin O. Gabriel, MacDonald Idu
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This study evaluates the nutritional, Haematinic and biosafety of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (Solanales: Convolvulaceae) aqueous leaf extract on albino rats. Proximate and mineral compositions were determined using standard methods. Haematinic activity of the plant was done using graded doses; 125, 250, and 500...
Mayane Oliveira Rebouças da Silveira, Liliany Souza de Brito Amaral, Samira Itana de Souza, Halanna Rocha Ferraz, Jéssica Alves Dias, Edilene Cândido Rocha, Fernanda de Abreu Silva, Amélia Cristina Mendes de Magalhães, Telma de Jesus Soares
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This study evaluated the aerobic exercise effects of moderate and progressive intensity on renal function and structure, and oxidative stress in ovariectomized rats with type 1 diabetes mellitus induced by streptozotocin (STZ). Eighteen Wistar rats were divided into 3 groups: OSC - ovariectomized and sedentary...
Norlan de Jesus Santos, Elen Santos da Paz, Ianei de Oliveira Carneiro, Carlos Roberto Franke
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The aim of this ethnozoological study was to identify variables related to knowledge, perceptions, and practices associated with the occurrence of bats in an urban area. We carried a retrospective observational study with residents of 31 cases and 178 control households. We defined the cases as households where...
M. O. Ojo, T. Adeniran
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The study investigated the response of tree seedlings to different pot thickness. Chrysophyllum albidum G. Don (Ericales: Sapotaceae) seedlings were subjected to four treatments, T1 = 0.01 mm pot polythene thickness, T2 = 0.02 mm polythene pot thickness, T3 = 0.03 mm polythene pot thickness, T4 = 0.04 mm pot...
Aline Simão Helou, Anna Elisa Basto Ramos, Acary Souza Bulle Oliveira, Abrahão Augusto Juviano Quadros, Francis Meire Fávero
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Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS) is a neurological disease, resulting in the decrease of the neuromuscular functions being characterized by a set of clinical manifestations that occur in individuals who had acute paralytic poliomyelitis. The patients with PPS begin to present new limitations on the performance of their...
A. J. Yusuf, M. I. Abdullahi, A. M. Musa, A. K. Haruna, V. Mzozoyana, H. Abubakar
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Snake envenomation is a major cause of death and disability in many developing countries. Neocarya macrophylla (Sabine) Prance ex F. White (Malpighiales: Chrysobalanaceae) have been reportedly used in traditional medicine to treat snake envenomation. Bioassay-guided isolation of antivenom principles was carried...
Oluwaseun Bunmi Awosolu, Olufemi Joseph Akinnifesi, Adekola Saheed Salawu, Yemisi Florence Omotayo, Ebenezer Tolulope Obimakinde, Christian Olise
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Schistosomiasis is a water-borne parasitic disease second to malaria in terms of socio-economic importance. Epidemiological data upon which management control could be based is lacking in Ikota, Ondo State, Nigeria. The present study evaluated the prevalence and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis among School...
Bridget Odiyi, Foluso Akinbode Ologundudu, Tobi Adegbite
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Toxicity of heavy metals above the normal threshold constituted a threat to humanity and biodiversity. Phytoremediation has become a novel and emerging technology of cleaning polluted sites through the use of plants. A study was carried out at the screen house located besides the academic building of the Federal...
Navya Gopal, Arath Raghavan Sudha Devi
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The current investigation aimed at the effect of administration of the neurotransmitters, serotonin and dopamine, on testicular maturation in the freshwater crab Travancoriana schirnerae Bott, 1969 (Crustacea: Gecarcinucidae). Adult males in active, inactive and revival phases of spermatogenesis were injected...
Mordecai Gana, Jireh Taliya Kure, Usman Ahmadu
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The last 5-10 years has witness a new proven field of research where explanation have been provided to non-cultured microbes. This uncultured microorganisms forms the major group of organisms found in most environment of the Earth. The science of metagenomics makes it possible to investigate resources which can...
M. O. Ojo
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Effect of temperature on seed germination of Bombax costatum Pellegr & Vuill. (Malvales: Malvaceae), from four provenances in South Western Nigeria was investigated. A set of three replicates of 25 seeds per provenance were used for the experiment which was laid in a completely randomized block design. The...
Puthiyakandy Janardhanan Jithila, Puthanpurayil Kandambeth Prasadan
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While investigating the trematode parasite infestation in the freshwater fishes of South Western Ghats, India we came across echinostome infection in three species of fishes Pseudosphromenus cupanus, Lepidocephalichthys thermlis and Aplochelus lineatus. Detailed histopathological studies on the infected kidney of...
Somdatta Ghosh, D. Kuila, N. K. Verma
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Early colonization of plants in an area is influenced mostly by climatic, edaphic and phytogeographic factors. As arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) was associated with early invasion of land plants on earth, AM may have some role in defining the first seral community in any land. Two riverbanks were selected to study...
Tolulope Bolaniran, Clement Olusola Ogidi, Bamidele Juliet Akinyele
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The proximate, minerals, antinutrient and amino acid contents of the unfermented air potato (UAP), fermented air potato (APF), fermented air potato with Pleurotus ostreatus (APP) and fermented air potato with Calocybe indica (APC) were carried out using standard methods. The biosafety of the samples was also...
Keloth Shinad, Puthanpurayil Kandambeth Prasadan
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Three species of digenean parasites, Pleurogenoides euphlycti, P. wayanadensis and Meharorchis ranarum of the frog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from the Wayanad Region of the South Western Ghats are reported in this paper. Multiple infections were also recorded during the study. Prevalence of...
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