Aim: The aim of the present study was to determine the possibility of using polyphenol extracts from Dioscorea steriscus and Plecranthus esculentus N.E.Br tubers of Zimbabwe as preservatives for sunflower oil under oven and kitchen storage conditions. Methodology: Polyphenols wer...
Plants play a significant role in drug discovery and development of pharmaceuticals process. In many countries, medicinal plants consider the main source of primary health care. Aims: This study aimed to investigate the phytochemical screening, antimicrobial and antioxidant activ...
Aim: To study the in vitro inhibitory effect of C. odorata extracts on bacterial isolates from wound swab samples. Place of Study: University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria, between January and June 2019. Methodology: Wound swabs were collected...
Natural fibres are considered to be ecofriendly and possess peculiar properties that preserve resources and thus rapidly emerges as novel low-cost materials in several discipline and engineering applications. Even though natural fibres demonstrate admirable potential for various...
Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the toxicity of the crude extracts of Andrographis paniculata leaves using a Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) lethality assay test to substantiate the ethnopharmacological uses of this plant. Methodology: Ethanol, acetone and ethyl acetate extracts o...
Objective: Snake-bite is one of the important public health problems of tropical countries including Sri Lanka. The risk of snake-bites is higher in rural areas of the country and people mainly rely on herbal medicines. Antiserum is the only therapeutic agent in Western medicine...
Aim: The study was aimed to ascertain the damage done by an oil spill on the soils of Ogbia area in Bayelsa State, Niger Delta, Nigeria. Study Design: The study adopted the experimental research design which entailed the use of field measurements and a control site. Three communi...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of retention time on the production of biogas from a blend of cow dung and water hyacinth. The study was designed to include three production trials. These were the Cow dung Production Trial (CPT), Water Hyacinth Production Tria...
Environmental isolates, genetically manipulated organisms, plants, animals and their products and economical methods are being expertly explored to biosynthesize poly-3-hydroxybutyrate plastics of comparable properties to petroplastics. This study assessed a hypothesized feasibil...
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) has been used from so long as a traditional medicine since it has therapeutic effects such as enhances sleep, acts as an anxiolytic for nervous unrest etc. For determining the dose of herbal formulations and to estimate the quality of dosage form,...