This study highlighted the 12-months prevalence of elder abuse in rural and urban communities in Imo State and also compared the pattern of elder abuse in both communities. A cross-sectional study of 371 rural and 314 urban participants aged 60 years and above was conducted betwe...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2017/33089
Abstract: The occipito-cervical junction may be affected during the course of spondyloarthritis (SpA). However it is not usual be an inaugural manifestation of SpA. We report herein a case of axial SA in a young patient discovered by O-C1 arthritis. Case Report: A 29 years-old ma...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2017/32668
Aim: This study wastoevaluate extracts of Euphorbia abyssinicaa cactus-like plant of the family Euphorbiaceae commonly called desert candle or Kechiehbih by the kendem people of south-West Cameroon, for anti-fungal activity. Study Design: The Randomized Complete Block Design was...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2017/31914
Aim: To investigate the biochemical effect of Loranthus bengwensis ethanolic leaf extract in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji Osun State, Nige...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2017/24878
Aim: To investigate the antidiabetic effect of Parkia biglobosa ethanolic root extract in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji Osun State, Nigeria,...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2017/24877
Aim: To evaluate the potency and efficacy of co-artemisinin brands used in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Gombe State North-Eastern Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A total of 185 patients with malaria aged between 5-60 years attending Federal Teac...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2017/32303
Background: Medicinal plants have been sources of a number of important compounds which have been discovered during last century. In the light of their established therapeutic efficacy, the pharmaceutical industries are using crude extracts of medicinal plants for manufacturing d...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2017/31127
In the last decades evidence has been collected that the depletion of the visual magnocellular population (a fast-conduction cellular system made of large ganglion neurons) plays a pathogenetical role in developmental dyslexia. Smaller size of the magnocells and reduction of thei...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2017/32962
Aims: The objective of this study was to prepare and characterize poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether (mPEG)-conjugated chitosan (CS) nanogels, mPEG-CS, at different molar ratios for 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) delivery (5-FU-loaded mPEG-CS nanogels). Study Design: The chemical cross-l...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2017/32493
This study investigated the antibacterial potential of the methanolic extract and other different fractions obtained from the crude extract of Hyptis suaveolens leaves on some selected Gram positive bacterial isolates. It also assessed the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of th...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2017/32562