The aims of the present study were to evaluate the antioxidant activity and DNA Protective effect of Helleborus orientalis (HO) leaf extract against oxidative damage, and to determine the total phenolic and flavonoid contents of the plant species studied. Methods: The total pheno...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i430047
Objective: This study was carried out with an objective to investigate the impact of biochar on phytochemical composition in plant especially Etlingera elatior cultivated on different dosage of biochar. Methods: Etlingera elatior was cultivated on the pot with 20 cm diameter and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i430048
The study examined the cardioprotective potential of the ethanolic extract of Citrullus lanatus in streptozotocin induced diabetic albino rats. A total of sixty albino rats weighing approximately ± 200 g were used. The induction of diabetes in the rats was done using 50 mg/kg bod...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i430046
Aims: To improve a multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) assay for Helicobacter pylori typing. Materials and Methods: Polymorphic VNTRs were searched by Gene Expert. The distribution and polymorphism of each VNTR locus were analyzed in 18 H. pylori g...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i430045
The genotoxic potentials of two water-based oilfield chemicals on edible aroids were investigated. Five accessions of Colocasia eculenta and three accessions of Xanthosoma maffafa were exposed to graded concentrations of sodium azide and potassium chromate; while the accessions w...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i429646
Background: Chromosome staining using G banding is a commonly used technique during karyotyping, however, a limited number of laboratories carries out the test. Blood samples must be sent to the laboratory on the same day of sample collection. Aim: To assess the effect of time pa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i329640
Introduction: Leukemia is the commonest malignancy of childhood and is the causative of a third of childhood cancer deaths. Lipid abnormalities have been recognized in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (All). Kidney involvement in leukemia can be quite immense. Aim: This...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i329639
Disease states which are abnormal conditions that negatively affects the structure or function of parts or all of an organism usually lead to moderate or extensive tissue damage depending on the time of onset and severity of the disease. Such tissue damages are usually associated...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i329642
Strong associations between agronomic and physiologic traits and drought tolerance, high heritability and high genetic advance for such traits would allow plant breeder to use such traits as selection criteria for selecting drought tolerant genotypes. The objectives of the presen...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i327501
EVI1 is a transcriptional factor with two distinct zinc finger domains and encoded in human chromosome 3q26. In human, the protein is believed to have role in cell proliferation, organogenesis and it was detected in kidneys and lungs. EVI1 overexpression has been associated with...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i327499
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana, L. Gaertn) is an important food crop in Africa and Asia. Its grain is richer in protein, fat and minerals than other major cereals. The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth seriously limits finger millet production through reduced yield...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i227497
The effects of Vernonia amygdalina and metformin in lowering glucose in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were evaluated. A total of 120 Wistar albino males and females rats weighing approximately 200 g were used for the study. Diabetes was induced in the rats using 50 mg/kg o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i227494
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana, L. Gaertn) is an important food crop in Africa and Asia. The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth limits finger millet production through reduced yield in agro-ecologies where they exist. The damage of Striga to cereal crops is more sev...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i2493
In this study, the concentrations of urea were assayed in both blood and saliva of 130 haemodialysis patients; before haemodialyis(pre-haemodialysis) and after haemodialysis (post haemodialysis); and 60 healthy individuals who made up the control group. The method used for urea a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i2483
Background: In spite of the progress that was recorded in the development of anticancer drugs, challenges continue to rises particularly due to resistance of the cancer chemotherapies and low sensitivity of the commercially available anticancer drugs. Methodology: collection and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2018/v1i2471