Umar Aliyu Umar

Preliminary Study on Human Host Factors Perpetuating the Transmission of Schistosomiasis in Endemic Community of Wudil, Kano State, Nigeria

Mahmud Ali Umar, Umar Aliyu Umar, Mujitapha Lawal, Sani Muhammad Yahaya & Muhammad Salisu Inuwa · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2021

Objective: A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the human host factors that contribute to the perpetuation of schistosomiasis transmission in endemic communities of Wudil, Kano State, Nigeria. Methods: Information was derived from structured questionnaires supplemen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arrb/2021/v36i830408

Comparative Hepatotoxic Effects of Aqueous and Phenolic Extracts of Avocado (Persea americana) Seed in Wistar Albino Rats

Umar Abdullahi Zakariya, Umar Aliyu Umar, Sabiu Murtala Dambazau & Abdullahi Sulaiman · International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review · 2016

Aims: The present study was conducted to determine hepatotoxic effect of aqueous and phenolic extracts of Persea americana seed. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. November 2012 to January 2013. Methodology: Wistar albino rat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/23196

Lipid Profiles and Liver Function Parameters of Postpartum Rats Administered Dry Lake Salt (Kanwa)

Sabiu Murtala Dambazau, Yusuf Saidu, Lawan Sulaiman Bilbis, Auwal Idris, Hafsat Ibrahim Dogara & Umar Aliyu Umar · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2016

Background: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPMC) is a rare but devastating cardiac failure of indeterminate etiology occurring in late pregnancy or early puerperium. Dry lake salt (Kanwa) is usually consumed in many parts of Nigeria as laxatives. In the Northern Nigeria, with a high...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JSRR/2016/23765