Introduction: Despite Togo's rich agrobiodiversity, acute food insecurity remains a critical challenge, affecting approximately 386,000 people during the lean season. This highlights the need for sustainable nutritional strategies, such as the valorization of Neglected and Underu...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i123487
Background: Refrigerants R-22, R-134a and R-410A may result in inhalation exposure during maintenance or accidental leaks, but their early biochemical effects remain insufficiently characterised. This study evaluated glucose, lipid and renal parameters in Wistar rats after acute...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2026/v35i61181
Blood donation is a major public health issue in Togo, where understanding the profile of donors is essential to ensure transfusion safety. This study aimed to analyze the socio-demographic characteristics and body mass index (BMI) of blood donors. A cross-sectional study was con...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2025/v34i51040
Background: Global demand for animal proteins continues to rise. According to the FAO, between 2020 and 2021, the production of meat, fish and dairy products increased by 4.2 %, 2 % and 1.5 % respectively, driven by rapid urbanisation, demographic growth and the expansion of stre...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2025/v35i91627
Afangbom Kossi, Motto Aku Enam, MELILA Mamatchi, Atchou Kokou & Lawson-EVI Povi·Asian Journal of Biology·2024
Objective: Antidiabetic activity was assessed by the skeletal muscle glucose uptake test and antioxidant potential by the total antioxidant capacity, reducing power and DPPH test. Materials and Methods: Same-sex Sprague Dawley rats weighing 150±20 g and approximately 3 months old...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2024/v20i6416
Aklesso Nabede, Haziz Sina, Tiatou SOUHO, MELILA Mamatchi, Farid T. Bade, Lamine Baba-Moussa & Kou’santa Amouzou·Asian Plant Research Journal·2022
Aims: In Africa, and particularly in Togo, fruit trees occupy a special place because of their medicinal and food virtues,. This study aimed to identify the different uses of Blighia sapida in Togo. Methodology: investigations were conducted among 300 B. sapida users in nine vill...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2022/v9i330210
DIABANGOUAYA Delia Carmen, DJERI Bouraïma, GAMBOGOU Banfitebiyi, DIANTOM Agoura, MELILA Mamatchi & KAROU Damintoti·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2025
Aims: To identify the microorganisms involved in spontaneous cocoa fermentation in Togo and to evaluate their impact on the quality of the derived product. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Microbiology and Food Quality Control (LAMICODA), University of Lomé, Togo and La...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2025/v25i9994
Locally produced complementary flours offer a potentially affordable means of improving dietary quality during the transition from exclusive breastfeeding to family foods in Togo. Their nutritional and public-health value nevertheless depends on considerably more than the proxima...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2026/v35i61182