Background: Hypoglycemia refers to a clinical condition resulting from an abnormally low plasma glucose level <40 mg/dl without symptoms and <50 mg/dl with symptoms. Clinically, it is characterized by varying degree of neurological dysfunction and is responsive to the admin...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/41645
Glycation commonly known as non-enzymatic glycosylation is the result of sugar molecules binding with a protein or lipid molecule without controlling the action of an enzyme. During the process of glycation, early stage glycation compounds are formed first, which subsequently rea...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/40927
Aim: Phytochemical screening, toxicity and renoprotective effects of methanol extract of Parquetina nigrescens (MEPN) in diabetic Wistar rats were investigated. Methods: Twenty-five rats divided into five groups (n=5) were used for this study. Groups 1 and 2 served as normal cont...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/41737
Background: To give a good planned anesthesia to a morbidly obese patient, it is better to have knowledge about morbid obesity’s interaction and impact on drug dosages. For safe drug dosing, not only increased body weight and changed body composition but also physiological change...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/41734
Background: One-third of the world’s population lacks access to essential medicines and price of medicine is considered one of the most important obstacles to access. Improving access to quality medicines and treatment is currently the most important strategy to reduce disability...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/41764
Alzheimer’s disease is progressing neuronal degeneration disease leads to impairment of memory and cognitive ability. It is the most common cause of dementia and its increases with age. the present study was to investigate whether the Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and Melatonin o...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/40465
This work evaluated the infra-red (IR) spectra of the oil extract from African nutmeg (Monodora myristica) seeds, popularly called ‘ehuru’ in the eastern part of Nigeria – among the Igbos. The microbial analysis of the dried ‘ehuru’ seeds was also carried out in order to ascertai...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/40661
Background: Obesity is a major public health issue worldwide, contributing to increased cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, insulin resistance and oxidative stress. This is due to sedentary lifestyles; poor dieting and low consumption of antioxidant supplement (example green tea)....
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/41153
Overtime, Oxidative stress has been implicated in the progression of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its related disorders. To this point, several studies posit that antioxidant constituents of virgin coconut oil among others might have a helpful effect in ameliorating diseases. In th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/40811
Background: The concept of children as "therapeutic orphans" claims that children were/are denied the use of many modern drugs. Both the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) enacted laws based on this concept. Their regulatory authorities promote industry-sponsored pedi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/40776