The demand of vegetable crops is increasing day by day due to changes in consumption patterns, so the need of the hour is to develop technologies that enhance the vegetable production at a rapid rate. Plant Tissue culture is one such remarkable biotechnological tool that has its...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i930226
Aim: Manganese (Mn) is an essential trace element in many cellular processes. However, there is dearth of literature on its influence on indomethacin-induced hepatorenal damage. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of manganese on indomethacin-induced hep...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i930227
Background: Cannabis sativa is an annual herbaceous plant in the Cannabis genus. The cannabis plant is widely regarded as a potent psychoactive, medicinal plant. Reportedly used for recreation and as intoxicant. The medical uses of the plant include effective control and manageme...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i930225
Background: Preeclampsia is multisystem disorder. Despite its prevalence and severity, the pathophysiology of this multisystem disorder is poorly understood. In concern regarding the increasing number of preeclamptic cases and lack of data about the levels of trace elements in pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i930224
Background: Mitochondrial-mediated cell death begins with opening of mitochondrial membrane permeability transition (mPT) pore and medicinal plants contain phytochemicals that modulate the mPT pore. Hypothesis and Purpose: We investigated the modulatory effects of crude methanol...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i930223
The study was carried out to determine the effect of garlic extract on the proximate composition and microbial activity of cold and hot smoked Clupea harangus (Atlantic herring fish). In the study, fresh atlantic herring was thawed, eviscerated, weighed, washed properly and folde...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i930222
An in vitro and field experiments for two consecutive years were conducted at Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, Mymensingh, aiming to investigate the efficacy of Trichoderma harzianum against Sclerotium rolfsii causing collar rot disease of soybean and chickpea. In in...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i930221
Abutilon indicum is consider to be used in the traditional system of medicine. It is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is used to treat various diseases. This plant does not cause any side effects to humans. As the plant has wide variety of medicinal prop...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i930220
Microsporium, Trichophyton, and Epidermophyton are asexual fungi usually called dermatophytes. They are known to cause a kind of skin diseases called dermatophytosis. There have been reported cases of resistance by the dermatophytes with prolonged usage of synthetic antifungals o...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i930219
Background: Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) reflects patient’s glycemic status over the previous 3 months. Previous studies have reported that iron deficiency may elevate HbA1c concentrations, independent of glycemia. Aim: To assess the status of HbA1c in clinically diagnosed cases of typ...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i830218
Aims: To investigate the antinociceptive property of Picralima nitida stem bark methanol extract. Place and duration of study: Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria from Februar...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i830217
Background: Gas flaring, an environmental harmful practice, is prevalent in Eleme and most communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Aim: This study explored the impact of gas flaring on some clinical enzyme biomarkers of Eleme residents who are constantly exposed to the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i830216
Traditional herbal medicine and their preparations have been widely used for thousands of years and are still in use in developing and developed countries owing to their medicinal values and their presumed relative safety. This belief that medicinal plants are not toxic or are wi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i830215
Aims: The aim of this study was to find the correlation between serum sodium and serum potassium with preeclampsia. Study Design: This is a cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Conducted in Department of Biochemistry in collaboration with the Department of Obstetri...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i830214
The nutritional composition, mineral content as well as anti-nutritional of Tree spinach (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) leaves were investigated using standard methods. The results of the investigation showed the presence of moisture to be 5.64±0.30%, ash- 9.27±0.16%, crude protein-...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i830213