Jude C. Ikewuchi

Phytoremediation of Crude Oil Polluted Agricultural Soil Using Schwenkia americana L. and Spermacoce ocymoides Burm. f.

Chukwuemeka C. Chukwuma, Jude C. Ikewuchi, Chimezie Ekeke & Micheal O. Monanu · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2018

Aims: To remove hydrocarbons from crude oil polluted agricultural soil using two selected plant species. Study Design:  Mature seeds of Schwenkia americana L. and Spermacoce ocymoides Burm. f. were propagated onto a sterile unpolluted agricultural soil. Seedlings were transplante...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJBCRR/2018/44205

Hypoglycemic, Antihyperlipidemic and Antioxidant Effects of Manniophyton fulvum Aqueous Root Extract on Streptozotocin-induced Hyperglycemic Wistar Rats

Odinaka E. Mgbeke, Jude C. Ikewuchi, Augustine A. Uwakwe & S. A. U. Offiah · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2018

This study investigated the hypoglycemic effect of M. fulvum on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced hyperglycemia in Wistar rats. The oxidative damage in the blood, liver, pancreas and kidney cells, hepatic enzyme activities and lipid profile of the Wistar rats were also ascertained. Ra...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJBCRR/2018/42234

Variance in Protease, Dehydrogenase, Phosphatase and Respiratory Activities during Phytoremediation of Crude Oil Polluted Agricultural Soil Using Schwenkia americana L. and Spermacoce ocymoides Burm. f.

Chukwuemeka C. Chukwuma, Micheal O. Monanu, Jude C. Ikewuchi & Chimezie Ekeke · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2018

Aims: To investigate the variation in the activities of some soil enzymes and microbial respiration during phytoremediation of crude oil polluted agricultural soil. Study Design:  Indigenous plants of a crude oil polluted agricultural farmland were harvested and identified. Two s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2018/44122