Objective: To study the pharmacognostic profile and wound healing effect of aerial parts of Bassia eriophora (Family: Chenopodiaceae), a wild plant in Saudi Arabia, on albino rats. Methods: The microscopy, phytochemical and physiochemical evaluation of the Bassia eriophora aerial...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13069
Aims: In this study, we investigated serumβ-endorphin and its feedback system in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCO). Experimental and clinical studies show that there is an over activity of sympathetic nervous system in PCOS. It affects quality of life and can worsen anxi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12932
Field experiments were conducted to assess the effects of differential irrigation on the growth, stress development and water- yield functions of dry season fadama-grown pepper in a humid rainforest zone of Nigeria. The aims were to characterize water productivity of pepper (crop...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9449
Aims: The study determined the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in secondary schools in Abia State, Nigeria. Study Design: A cross-sectional school based survey was conducted among adolescents of Aba South L.G.A to determine the prevalence of overweight and...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9919
Experiments was carried out to examine the effect of abscisic acid (ABA), source of carbon and temperature on secondary somatic embryogenesis and somatic embryo germination of Ferula assa-foetida L. Cotyledonary somatic embryos were cultured on MS (Murashig and Skoog, 1962) mediu...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12110
Aims: Herbicides are the most effective tool against the major weeds of cultivated plants, and are necessary in maintaining or increasing crop yields. However, most of these molecules are highly toxic for crop. Their massive and repeatly use can cause adverse effects on all compo...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9349
Plantlets produced in vitro from rhizomes of Kaempferia parviflora were used as the source of explants for microrhizome development. Sixty percent of the plantlets formed microrhizomes in liquid medium supplemented with1 mg/L BAP+1 mg/L NAA, with 60 g/L sucrose. The treatment gav...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13950
Aims: This research was performed for investigating the effect of two kinds of soil amendment materials on physicochemical properties of soil and wheat yield. Study Design: Experimental design was factorial experiments based on randomized complete block design with two factors an...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11113
Aquaculture is one of the fast growing foods producing sector worldwide. Cultured marine, freshwater fish as well as shellfish species are major contributors to fish production and also increase the annual production. Fish farming constitutes unique and significant berth in indus...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9558
Aim: The aim of this work was to investigate the correlation between anti drug antibody (ADA) induction and how different manufacturing processes of biopharmaceuticals affect the immunogenicity of the protein. This was done by testing four different batches of the same recombinan...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/10923
The current study was conducted to evaluate the quality of groundwater around Ibb in the Republic of Yemen. Groundwater samples were collected from ten different boreholes. The physico-chemical parameters of groundwater samples, as major anions and nitrogenous compound which incl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/12282
Aims: Shipbuilding industry is one of the oldest and the heaviest production industries all over the world. There are several unsafe production processes which result accidents. Occupational accidents cause to death or injuries for workers, and financial loss for employers. For t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/14126
Parinari polyandra B. seed is a potential source of oil with relatively high oil yield. Optimizing the extraction process of the oil will enhance its economic and industrial relevance, providing useful information for would be investors. Aims: This work is aimed at extracting oil...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/10747
Aim: To evaluate the antimicrobial properties of carbon and nitrogen doped titanium dioxide (C-TiO2 and N-TiO2) immobilized on glass support by examining the inactivation of E. coli ATCC 25922 bacteria in water. Study Design: Sol gel synthesis was used to prepare a series of visi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2015/11049