Aims: The review is directed at the phytochemical, pharmacological and toxicological activities of the medicinal plant Stereospermum kunthianum, Cham, (Bignoniaceae) widely distributed in the Guinean-savannah. Results: A survey of previous scientific publications and available li...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/21743
Plant based drugs (single or multi-component formulations) have been used in managing many health conditions worldwide. One such formulation is the herbal formula HRT 123 which is being used in managing conditions involving immunosuppression, HIV/AIDs and other infectious disease...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/16877
Barleria prionitis, belonging to Acanthaceae family, is a small spiny shrub, normally familiar as “porcupine flower” with a number of vernacular names. It is an indigenous plant of South Asia and certain regions of Africa. The therapeutical use of its flower, root, stem, leaf and...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/20551
Lipoma is a benign soft tissue tumor of adipose tissue. Most of the time lipoma is diagnosed based on clinical features. Histopathological confirmation needed in certain cases. There are many subtypes of lipoma. One of the rare variant of lipoma is chondrolipoma. This is a case r...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/20643
Background: Many patients are often unaware of the risks posed by indiscriminate use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in aggravating peptic ulcer disease (PUD) related discomfort or delaying its healing. Aim: The objectives of the study are to investigate the ext...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/19213
Background: Nausea and vomiting after spinal anaesthesia in caesarean are frequent causing distress to the patient and surgeon. To diminish the incidence various pharmacological agents were used with their limitations. This study compares intrathecal midazolam with intravenous me...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/19747
Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic drug that has been approved for use in the treatment of primarily schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and various other psychiatric disorders. Olanzapine use could cause peripheral edema in 3% of the patients. There are cases in the literatu...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/20492
Aims: The present study investigated the identity, antimicrobial, and secondary metabolites profile of Trametes species collected from forest near the Teaching and Research farm of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State. Methodology: The Internal Transcrib...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/20059
Background: Globally various interventions have been undertaken to reduce maternal and child mortality rates. In low-income countries, outreach services are used systematically to deliver immunization and other health services to individuals with limited access to health facilit...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/19956
Heterotopic thyroid tissue - also called as ectopic thyroid - is a rare developmental anomaly. Above all, multiple ectopic thyroid glands including an intrapulmunary one are extremely rare. A fourty seven years old female patient has been admitted to our clinic with a 12 mm pulmo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2015/19608