Aims: Purified saponin fraction was obtained from butanol extract of the aerial parts of Astragalus monspessulanus var. monspessulanus. The fraction was analyzed by HPLC and six saponins were determined. The saponin mixture was investigated for possible cytotoxicity on HepG2 cell...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7860
Garcinia kola (Heckel) has been used in folk medicine for the treatment of several ailments. One of these is its use for the treatment of conditions involving pain and inflammation with accompanying pyrexia. Our objective is to evaluate the anti-pyretic property of Garcinia kola...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/4484
Aims: To identify and differentiate mycobacterium spp. in archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue by PCR to supply additional differential diagnostic method for Mycobacterium infections, where tuberculosis had been tested for by histopathological methods but without cul...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/8427
A study was conducted in May-August 2005 to assess the conveyance losses, seepage losses, maintenance status and impact of water losses and maintenance on the agricultural yield in case of irrigation channels. In this regard, a case study was conducted on three watercourses, at U...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2014/6352
Aims: To elucidate the effect of induced conformational changes on the native fluorescence of aqueous humic materials. Study Design: The conformation of dissolved humates was changed by adjustment of a variety of environmental factors and the resulting fluorescence emission, exci...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/7991
Aims: Behavioral responses of 3-month-old male pups from female Wistar rats exposed to daily 1 hour or 3 hour restraint stress during the first 7 days of pregnancy were studied by tail flick and formalin test. Methodology: Eighteen mature virgin female albino rats (140g-160g) wer...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6095
The nonlinear propagation of dust ion acoustic (DIA) waves in an unmagnetized collisionless degenerate dense plasma (containing degenerate electron, positron, and ion fluids) have been theoretically investigated. The Burgers’ equation has been derived by employing the reductive p...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2014/3360
This paper investigates some challenges in the writing of English as a foreign language in the Arab world and proposes genre-based solutions to them. For the most part, these challenges are given impetus by the use of a writing syllabus that does not reflect recent developments i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7642
Aims: Jaabi, the local name of the fruit of Ziziphus mauritiana Lam, endemic in the savannah region of Cameroon, is processed into flour and cooked into small round cakes commonly called "Yaabande." The present work aimed at understanding the relation between the processing pract...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5638
A. Murad Basha, N. Yasovardhan, Suggala V. Satyanarayana, G. V. Subba Reddy, P. Padma Savitri, K. Vishwa Prasad, A. Vinod Kumar & R. M. Tripathi·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2014
The air quality levels of Tummalapalle Uranium mining site is studied using Combined Air Quality Index (CAQI) and Z – score. Samples of PM10, TSP, SOx and NOx were collected by installing high volume samplers at Ten locations of Tummalapalle Uranium Mining site and its surroundin...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5731
Aims: To investigate the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of garlic peel extract and its possible use as natural food additive in cooked beef Study Design: Multifactorial Design Place and Duration of Study: Department of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/5726
The increasing spread of drug-resistant malaria parasite has necessitated the continuous search for even more effective malaria treatment including the combination of drugs known to have significant anti malarial potentials. Effort in this study was therefore, devoted to evaluati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/6788
Aims: This study examines the effectiveness of foreign aid in selected African countries. Also, it investigates the relevance of SEM system in gauging the relationship among multiple variables like foreign aid, economic growth, investment and human capital using multiple techniqu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/5634
Aims: Aims of the study were to carry out an empirical analysis of fish production in the capture fishery subsector. Estimates were to be made of the maximum likelihood production and inefficiency frontier functions. Also analysis of the determinants of technical efficiency was d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6747
The crucial problem of Arabic recognition systems is the availability of several dialects in Arabic language, particularly those with sound variations. Therefore, low recognition rate is encountered as a result of such an environment. In this research paper the authors presented...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6034