Aims: To demonstrate the histopathological changes in cardiac tissues of Wistar rats following exposure to developer effluent. Study Design: A case control study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Radiography, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra State, Niger...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23330
Aims: To demonstrate the efficacy of several small molecular weight compounds having hydrazide groups, for inhibiting the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To show these same compounds have favorable drug-likeness properties. Study Design: To synthesize tuberculostats and te...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24351
Inhibitory activity of crude extract of cysteine protease inhibitors from Calotropis procera against Plasmodium berghei infected mice was investigated. Various extracts obtained from the leaves, roots, flowers, latex and stem bark of Calotropis procera using different extraction...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/22866
Background: Respiratory dysfunction occurs in stroke patients. Little is known about the prevalence, clinical features and lesion topography in patients with dyspnea due to medullary infarction (MI). We aimed to evaluate the frequency and the clinicoradiological profile in dyspni...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24206
Oral LD50 and hypoglycemic activity of aqueous fruit pulp extract of Adansonia digitata L. (AFPEAD) were investigated in this research. A total of fourty eight (48) rats were used, twelve (12) of the rats were used for oral LD50 determination, and were grouped into four (4) group...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23862
Objective: The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of active and passive smoking on the urinary concentration of 1 hydroxyl pyrene, oxidative stress and renal activity in male subjects. Methods: Urine samples each of forty active and passive smokers including fo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23966
Aims: A uncomplicated and outlay efficient spectrophotometric method is developed for the determination of Ibandronate sodium in unadulterated form and in pharmaceutical formulations. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology Division (Pilot p...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/20079
Background: Food poisoning, household poisoning, and cosmetic poisoning are becoming a very important health problem both worldwide and locally at the level of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The aims of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice about the stora...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23115
Aim: The study aimed at assessing the antibacterial efficacy of Ageratum conyzoides on Salmonella species isolated from suspected typhoid fever patients in Akure metropolis, Nigeria. Study Design: The study evaluated the prospective use of Ageratum conyzoides as an alternative to...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23307
A 30 year old female presented with diarrhoea and gastrointestinal bleeding, along with photosensitive rash over malar region of face. Clinically she had features of essential nutrients deficiency, extra intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease and malar rash typic...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/22595
Lipoma is a benign tumor composed of fat cells of adult type. It is a universal tumor as it can occur anywhere in body. Lipoma with size of more than 10 cm in one dimension or weighing a minimum of 1000 gm. called as giant lipoma [1]. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23250
Aims: This work investigated the phytochemical composition of five Nigerian medicinal plants and the significance of the phytochemicals with respect to the treatment of diseases were discussed. Study Design: Fifteen phytochemicals were qualitatively analysed from the plants ethan...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/21816
Excess beta-glucuronidase in the caecum and colon is responsible for enterohepatic circulation of toxic aglycones, which have been implicated in development of cancer, diarrhea, jaundice and other disease conditions of the gut. Botanicals are potential sources of molecules, which...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/22249
Surgery, The field of medicine, that has played a pivotal role in the evolution of healthcare delivery for generations, even centuries. We have moved far from the time when breast surgery was a grotesque scene in a lecture hall to a state where dozens of operations are performed...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/22692
Aim: To examine the antibacterial activity of essential oil of Corymbia citriodora leaves on two clinically significant microorganisms, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Place and Duration of the Study: The experiment was conducted in Science Laboratory at Malawi Colleg...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23172