Rilson José do Pinho, Rafael Pazinatto Aguiar, Ricardo Alexandre Spironello, Francielli Maria de Souza Silva-Comar, Saulo Euclides Silva-Filho, Eurica Mary Nogami, Ciomar Aparecida Bersani-Amado & Roberto Kenji Nakamura Cuman·Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International·2014
Aims: Liver diseases have become one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality all over the world. This study investigated the hepatoprotective and antioxidant effect of rosemary essential oil (REO) and ginger essential oil (GEO), against paracetamol-induced liver damage. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13025
Persicaria odorata is a common plant and well known in Malaysia as “Daun kesum” that is commonly used in cuisines and has various medicinal properties. This study was conducted to investigate the antimicrobial activity and the extraction technique that produce the most active pla...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/12232
Aims: The present study was aimed at investigating the antidiabetic potentials of Combretum dolichopetalum root in alloxan-induced animals with the hope of isolating its antidiabetic principles. Study Design: Sixty four Wistar albino rats of either sexes were randomly segregated...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/9143
The failure of the country’s intervention strategies to satisfactorily ameliorate the sufferings of flood victims and speed-up the recovery processes justify the need for the adoption of a more efficient and innovative response plan to tackle flood emergency conditions in Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11844
An important part of health care involves upkeep and interpretation of medical databases containing patient records for clinical decision making, diagnosis and follow-up treatment. Missing clinical entries make it difficult to apply data mining algorithms for clinical decision su...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11744
Aims: To design, develop and fabricate a portable optical instrumentation system for the measurement of Biochemical Oxygen Demand. Place and Duration of Study: The design and fabrication of the portable optical instrumentation system was conceptualized at Department of Chemistry...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12373
Aims: This study was undertaken to know the effect of different preservatives on the nutritional and microbial quality of wheat flour cakeStudy Design: To assess the effect of sodium propionate, food grade alcohol (Brandy) and sodium bicarbonate on the nutritional and microbial l...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12472
Aims: This study addresses the issue of diversification of dankuwa in order to increase its nutritional quality and to determine the nutritional and microbial load of dankuwa sold by vendors and laboratory produced dankuwa. Study Design: To produce dankuwa using other cereal such...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/11857
The chemical analyses of the vegetables; Abelmoschus esculentus, Ceiba pentandra, Cissus populnea andCorchorus oliterious were investigated to evaluate their nutritional potentials. The edible parts of the fresh and dried vegetables were pretreated and analysed for moisture, ash,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/12241
Background: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often have associated conditions which may benefit from treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors. However, evidence has suggested there may be an asso...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13064
Tom Devasia, Hashir Kareem, Y. G. Ashok Kumar, R. Padma Kumar, Saumya Jose, Sharmila Sadanand Prabhu, Umesh Pai, Krishnanand Nayak, Tulsee Sitapara & Ashok Thakkar·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2014
Aims: Patients with severe sepsis and septic shock often exhibit significant cardiovascular dysfunction. We designed the study with an aim to determine the severity of cardiac dysfunction in the different group of sepsis patients. Study Design: Single-center, cross-sectional stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12334
Aims: Evaluate the in vitro effects of essential oils and water extracts of Laurus nobilis, Rosmarinus officinalis, Mentha suaveolens and Fraxinus angustifolia on the growth of Anabaena cylindrica and Chlorella vulgaris. Study Design: Experimental research. Place and Duration of...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/12898
Aims: Cardiac hypertrophy develops from prolonged, severe iron deficiency (ID), but little is known about its function. We hypothesized that 4 weeks of ID would result in enhanced cardiac function, but would transition to loss by 9 weeks. Study Design: 38 rats were fed either con...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13376
In vitro and in silico Approach to Evaluate the Urease and Collagenase Inhibitory Activity of Embilica officinalis Gaertn Fruit Aim: The key virulent factors of bacteria are enzymes. Urease and collagenase enzyme play a vital role in pathogenesis of wide array of bacterial strain...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/12339
Aims: To determine the factors that influence outcome of management of sigmoid volvulus in Northern Uganda Study Design: A prospective observational study was conducted on 103 sigmoid volvulus patients admitted and surgically managed in 19 hospitals in northern Uganda and followe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12283