Alloxan was one of the usual substances used for the induction of diabetes mellitus. It has a destructive effect on the β cells of the pancreas. Glibenclamide was an oral sulphonylurea antidiabetic preparation and widely used as standard drug in antidiabetic study. In the hypogly...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i4217
The fluted pumpkin Telfairia occidentalis (Hook F.) is a very important vegetable, popularly cultivated in South Eastern Nigeria for its economic value and its role in nutrition. It exhibits a high degree of interspecies variability and as such enhances biodiversity. Twenty landr...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i4215
D. S. H. S. Peiris, D. T. K. Fernando, S. P. N. N. Senadeera & C. B. Ranaweera·Asian Plant Research Journal·2023
Sri Lankans have relied on traditional medicine to meet their primary health needs since the beginning of time. This island is blessed with an enormous number of medicinal plants, which play a very important role in traditional medicine. However, the lengthy documented history of...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i4216
Six new or noteworthy records of Angiosperms from Colombia are presented based in herbarium specimens from the Chocó department in Colombia. Four are first records for the country, one is the first record for the Chocó department and one is the most recent record after 28 years o...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i3214
Pesticide xenobiotics have a great impact on bio argumentation, bio-magnification, and environment degradation regardless of being adopted by green revolution technologies. Bioremediation is widely accepted because it’s cheap, practical at the same time environmentally friendly....
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i3213
The study was conducted to investigate diverse carrier materials out of agricultural and environmental waste, that plays a role in maintaining the shelf life of plant growth promoting microbes (PGPM) at room temperature for locally produced inoculants in Malawi. Five different fo...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i3212
This study was carried out to manage groundnut seed rot in Mubi, Adamawa State Nigeria. Groundnut Rot was reported in all the three location surveyed and the average rot incidences in the market was 21%. Mubi New Market showed 25% as the highest percentage, followed by Mubi Old M...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i3211
Aims: This study was carried out to document wintering herbs species in the blue pine (Pinus wallichiana) forest of Kawang Gewog under Thimphu district, Bhutan. To generate baseline data on species diversity and composition of the winter herbaceous layer in the blue pine forests...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i3210
A cough is a sudden and often repetitive reflex that helps clear the air passages from secretions, irritants, and foreign particles, including microbes. Coughing can be due to a respiratory tract infection or choking, smoking, air pollution, asthma, chronic bronchitis, medication...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i2209
The recent boom in organic business in the name of Mbeya manure fertilizer has taken shape in commercialisation without government approval as several implications were at stake. Laboratory and field experiments were, therefore, conducted to ascertain the quality of the products...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i2208
The main objective of this review study is to examine various fungal diseases on angiospermic plants which lower plant productivity and worsen the financial situation of flowers. Angiospermic flora are the most useful and marketable plants, employed for the majority of purposes,...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i2207
G. E. Ugbabe, E. Owen-Obaseki, S. O. Abdulahi, S. R. Chinonyerem, S. E. Okhale & J. A. Ibrahim·Asian Plant Research Journal·2023
Comparative analyses of the leaf epidermal microscopy, chemo-microscopy and GCMS analysis of essential oils from three Ocimum species were analyzed. Ocimum belong to the family Lamiaceae. Leaf epidermal microscopy revealed anomocytic stomata in the species studied. Ocimum basilic...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i2206
A study was conducted in organic and intensive tomato growing areas located in Manikganj and Narsingdi districts of Dhaka division. A total of 30 organic tomato growers were selected from 5 randomly selected villages of Manikganj and Narsingdi. Data were collected from September...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i2205
The knowledge of indigenous people regarding the surrounding environment, local biodiversity, and their management have helped them thrive over thousands and millions of years. The indigenous people are local successors of various cultures. Their way of linking the environment wi...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i1204
Kenneth U. Ekwealor, Chisom F. Iroka, Uche P. Nwaogaranya, Clara N. Ikegbunam & Victor S. Njom·Asian Plant Research Journal·2023
The biochemical composition of the seed, fruit-pulp and fruit-skin of false yam and African star apple was carried out in this study using standard techniques. The result of the mean phytochemical composition of Icacina senegalensis and Chrysophyllum albidum fruits revealed highe...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2023/v11i1203