Aim: The present study was carried out to determine the protective potential of Lycopene enriched tomato extract (LycT) against hepatic and renal damage caused in mice by dexamethasone administration. Study Design: Male LACA mice were randomly divided into four treatment groups (...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2021/v8i330180
The term metabolomics was coined by Oliver and his group in 1998. It is a study of biochemical profile and regulation of functions in whole organism by analyzing a metabolite pool present in organism. Researchers believe that more than 400,000 plant species exist worldwide. Total...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2021/v8i230179
Background: Oxidative stress is involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, atherosclerosis, muscular dystrophy, aging and other associated diseases. Vitex doniana is used in Adamawa, northern Nigeria to treat oxidative stress associated...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2021/v8i230178
Aims: To quantify the relative percentage change in the patients with periodontitis after employing the scaling and root planning (SRP) therapy and determine the association in the improvements in clinical parameters of biochemical oxidative stress (OS) markers, total antioxidant...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2021/v8i230177
The search for prompt, less toxic and economically affordable medical therapy has facilitated the increased investigation into the therapeutic potentials and applications of plants samples against common tropical ailments. This study was designed to investigate the reported link...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2021/v8i230176
Neurodegeneration include disease of the central nervous system (CNS) such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). The sign of this disease include destruction of dopaminergic neuronal cells. Main causes of this disease are unknown, but several studies reported polygenic causes. These inclu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2021/v8i230175
Florent Biduaya Mukeba, Archil Ndub Ilunga, Prince Bofati Ilonga, Gédéon Ngiala Bongo, Myriam Ngondo Mukadi, Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua, Johnny Bopopi Mukoko, Nadège K. Ngombe, Paulin Kapepula Mutwale & Franck Kinungi Banzola·Asian Journal of Research in Biochemistry·2021
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the major biodiversity hotspot in the world. Wild edible plants (WEPs) are widely consumed as part of daily diet by the local people and are part of their traditional culture and food habit. The T. triangulare species is a non-conven...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2021/v8i130174
The present work is focus on physical and chemical properties of purified Carboxylesterase using the Seeds of Tamarindus Indica.The esterases are extracted from the germinating tamarind seeds using 50 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7 and purified. The Km with α-naphthyl acetate, β-napht...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2021/v8i130173
Gongronema latifolium is a herbaceous plant consumed as a traditional folk medicine. The aim of this work is to evaluate the anti-lipid peroxidation activity and other antioxidant effects of the plant leaf extract of Gongronema latifolium using various in vitro models. Lipid pero...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2021/v8i130172
Mansour Abdulnabi H. Mehdi, Abdul-hakim M. A. Al- Alawi, Ahmed Zain A. Thabet, Fadel Y. S. Alarabi, Gozif Mohammed N. Omar & Vidya Pradhan·Asian Journal of Research in Biochemistry·2021
Tamarindus indica is one of the medicinal plants used in the treatment of various diseases traditionally. Aims: This study was conducted to identify the phytochemical constituents of T. indica leaf extracts. Methods: Using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and gas c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2021/v8i130171