Kossia Manzan Karine Gba, Rémy Bonnin, Innocent Allepo Abe, Eric Joël TAHOU, Nicole Prisca Niego Dangui Makaya, Laurent Dortet, Nathalie Guessennd, Simon-Pierre Assanvo N’guetta & Thierry Naas·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2022
Carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii are spreading worldwide and represent a major health threat for immunocompromised patients. In this study, we describe for the first time NDM-producing A. baumannii and Acinetobacter nosocomialis isolates from Côte d’Ivoire, Africa. Fo...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i630286
This study assesses the farmer’s perception of insecticides usage and hazard of some communities in Zuru Local Government Area. The specific objectives were to describe socio-economic characteristics of respondents such as age and gender, determine the awareness of the insecticid...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i630285
Phytochemicals have been widely used in pharmaceuticals in recent decades due to their anti-inflammatory, cancer-preventative and cardiovascular-protective properties. These phytochemicals were tested on Crotalus durissus terrificus secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2), a significa...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i530283
Soil contaminated with hydrocarbons of petroleum and its products need a very cost effective process of remediation which is known as bioremediation. There are numerous factors which affect the efficiency of bioremediation process which generally includes microbial population, en...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i530284
Georges Abizi, Ouattara-Soro Fatou Shcherazade, Blahi Adélaïde Nadia Méa, Séverin Koffi, John Kouadio Kouakou & Emile Begbin Kouassi·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2022
Mitracarpus scaber is a known plant in the Ivorian pharmacopoeia where it is used in various ways for the treatment of different diseases and ailments, including skin problems. The present study aims at evaluating the cutaneous toxicity of the aqueous extract of the aerial parts...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i530282
T. Y. Jimoh, A. A. Olayeri, T. E. Falebita, G. A. Reis, B. I. Olufowobi, A. O. Saba, B. P. Akinbode, O. T. Olorunfemi & P. N. Nwabuisi·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2022
Aims: This research was conducted to investigate the effects of Agbara abattoir wastes dumped into the Ologe lagoon. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Ologe lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria from September 2019 - December 2019. Methodology: Water samples from the lag...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i530281
Salmonella is one of the most common food-borne bacteria incriminated in gastroenteritis in dogs. The emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) genes raises spectre of intractable disease and constitute significant public health risk. Already, there are various reports of resistanc...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i530279
Background: Pregnancy results in certain physiological and metabolic changes that results to shift in certain biochemical markers and could even result in hypertension in some women thus predisposing them to risk of cardiovascular disease. While this is true, some women express t...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i430278
Aim: This study aimed at evaluating the duration dependent impact of aspartame and Sacoglottis gabonensis on the liver of male swiss mice. Location and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the green house of the Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Rivers St...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i430277
Vikas Jha, Kabir Thakur, Navdeep Kaur, Vrushali Dhamapurkar, Omkar Bhosale, Pankaj Mhatre, Mansi Mulay, Ashish Jhangiani, Diksha Rai & Himadri Yadav·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2022
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections are infamous to cause liver damage, hepatocellular carcinoma, and cirrhosis, all of which can be fatal in nature. Nucleotide analogues, which target viral reverse transcriptase, and interferon therapy, which is known to have side effects in reci...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2022/v25i430276