The effects of ethanol leaf extracts of Spilanthes uliginosa, Ocimum basilicum, Hyptis spicigera and Cymbopogon citratus on mice infected with malaria parasite was investigated. Eighty four (84) swiss mice of both sexes were used for the study. All the mice were passaged intraper...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14525
Background: Malnutrition which mostly is a consequence of improper feeding practices has been shown to contribute to over 50% of under-5 mortality. This means that appropriate age-specific nutritional prescription is the surest way of significantly shrinking childhood mortality e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14689
Haemophilia is the most common inherited coagulation disorders, with X linked recessive inheritance, affecting the males while females are the carriers of the disease. Haemophilia A and Haemophilia B are the commonest form of Haemophilia encountered and they result from defect in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12810
Introduction: Congenital malformations are currently an important cause of morbidity and mortality in many countries, though in most cases their etiology is unknown. The central nervous system (CNS) is involved in many of these defects. Objective: To study the factors associated...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14642
Background: In view of the impact of hypertension on public health, the objective of this study was to determine whether having had a cup of coffee in an everyday life setting raises blood pressure significant enough to make it a methodological issue in routine sphygmomanometry....
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15037
Aim: To assess the accuracy of combined maternal serum interleukin and maternal salivary estriol levels in prediction of preterm labor in Egyptian pregnant females. Study Design: Case control study. Place and Duration of Study: It was conducted in El-Shatby University Hospital of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15146
This investigation aimed at determining the cyanide and starch contents of different species of cassava grown in Abia State. Samples of cassava tubers were purchased from the local market and identified by a taxonomist from the National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Abi...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/15297
Antibiotic/Antibacterial activity of Vitex negundo, Duranta repens, Acorus calamus and Piper nigrum Plants produce a diverse nature of secondary metabolites having different biological activity. Some of these chemicals exhibit antimicrobial activity. In the present study the plan...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/14534
Salmonellosis is cause be salmonella species of bacteria namely Salmonella enteritica and Salmonella bongori. Salmonellosis is a form of food poisoning usually obtained from eating tainted meat, poultry eggs or dairy products. Conventional medicine states there is no real cure fo...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2015/14904
The aim of present study was to evaluate the antidiabetic and antioxidant potential of Tricosanthes tricuspidata and Clematis montana leaf and root extracts. On the basis of toxicity studies a dose of 200 mg/kg body weight was selected for antidiabetic activity. Diabetes was indu...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/12769
Aims: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the possible anti-inflammatory properties of the three bryophytes species: Archidium ohioense, Bryum coronatum and Racophilum africanum with a view to utilizing the extracts of the plant s in the treatment of inflammatory...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/7629
OO software development has become the dominant development approach with Java as the common implementation language. A well-known drawback in Java is its limitation in implementing multiple inheritance which is considered by many researchers a fundamental concept in OO. Approach...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15476
In this paper, we endeavor for an extensive study of [[n,n-3,2]] codes of odd length. We begin with the computation of the linear programming bound on the dimension of distance 2 codes of odd length and show that the [[n,n-3,2]] codes are optimal. We next find their generator mat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15059
Aims/ Objectives: Let G be a simple and connected graph with n vertices and m edges. The Eccentric connectivity index of G is defined as the summation of the product of degree and eccentricity of the vertices [1]. Eccentric connectivity polynomial is a topological polynomial of G...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/15137