Evaluation of Serum Level of Neutrophil Elastase, Superoxide Dismutase and Nitric Oxide in COPD Patients and its Correlation with Lung Function Test Aims: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. Its prevalence is increasing in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/12237
Characterization of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Enzyme Activity in Serum of the Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) Aims: Soluble serum dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) is a protease that cleaves dipeptides from proteins that have alanine or proline next to the N-terminal amino acid. ...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13188
Protein Fractions and Functional Properties of Dried Imbrasia oyemensis Larvae Full-Fat and Defatted Flours Aims: To assess the functional properties of flours made from Imbrasia oyemensis larvae, a caterpillar widely consumed in Côte d’Ivoire, for industrial purposes. Methodolog...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/12178
Aims: This study was therefore aimed to evaluate potential anti-inflammatory activity of Aqueous and Ethanolic extracts of Gomphrena celosioides (C. Mart) and to determine the most active extract in rat. Study Design: Gomphrena celosioides was collected from Bingerville, District...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13353
The contraceptive effect of oral administration of ethanolic extract of Dioscorea villosa tuber for thirty days on reproductive hormones of female albino rats was investigated. Twenty four female albino rats weighing 150-220g were completely randomized into four groups (A-D) comp...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13433
Isolation of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase from Young Leaves of Phytolacca dioica L. Aims: Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) catalyses a key reaction by which inorganic carbon is assimilated into organic carbon found in the biosphe...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13617
Effect of Natural Products on Some Glycosidases and Their Expected Hypoglycemic Potential Aims: It is to screen many natural product extracts for their in vitro and in vivo effects on the activities of hepatic α-amylase and α-glucosidase to validate their biological importance. S...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13317
Properties of Amyloglucosidase in the Digestive Tract of Periplaneta americana L. (Blattodea: Blattidae) Aim: Partial purification and characterization of amyloglucosidase from an insect were carried out to determine the physicochemical properties of the enzyme. Study Design: It...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13499
Aims: The present study was undertaken to find the levels of aspartate transaminases (AST), creatine kinase (CK-MB) and arginase in serum sample of patients under study and check effectiveness of arginase as a marker in acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and to find the correlation b...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/11870
Tissue Standards Using Stain Free Gels as a Superior Approach for Aging Research A good loading control is critical for accurate comparison of tissue protein levels in aged and young tissue. After reviewing the literature we discovered that the housekeeping proteins commonly used...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/8940
The new acyclic Schiff base [L] ligand: 3,3'-(1E,1'E)-1,1'-(2,2'-azanediylbis (ethane-2,1-diyl)bis(azan-1-yl-1-ylidene))bis(ethan-1-yl-1-ylidene) bis(4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one) derived from condensation of one mole diethylene diamine triamine (dien) with two moles of dehy...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/7866
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of chronic exposure to petroleum hydrocarbon pollution (PHC) on some biochemical parameters of the fruit juice of Citrus sinensis. Place and Duration of study: This study was carried out at Ebocha-Egbema and Uvuru Mbaise in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/11260
Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the protective effect of curcumin against aflatoxinB1 (AFB1) induced hepatotoxicity. Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight healthy adult male Wistar rats were divided into four groups. Rats of the first group received basal...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/12963
Partial-purification and Characterization of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Proteins from the Leaves and Seeds of Moringa oleifera Aim: To partially-purify, characterize and investigate the inhibition pattern of proteins from the leaves and seeds of Moringa oleifera. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/12065
Radioiodination and Biological Evaluation of Epinephrine as a Possible Adrenergic Receptors Imaging Agent An adopted method for the preparation of high radiochemical purity [125I] iodoepinephrine was developed in order to characterize the binding properties of adrenergic receptor...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/10616