There are many barriers that have hindered the progress of clinical application of gene therapy as a potential method for treating cancer. These limitations are caused by transduction/delivery failure rates with viral vector systems and were due to the resultant non-specific targ...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/7305
Passion fruit is of high economic importance in Kenya. In the recent past, diseases have led to decline in fruit production. This study aimed at identifying disease management practices that could be adopted to mitigate disease impacts. Passion fruit varieties used include purple...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5092
Differential first derivative (ΔD1) method is developed for the quantitative analysis of cefquinome sulphate (CS) in bulk and dosage form. The method is based on measuring the ΔD1 of CS in alkaline solutions against its neutral aqueous solutions as blanks. The proposed method is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/5734
Objective: To evaluate the antioxidant potential of lectin from the endophytic fungi of Viscum album. Place and duration of study: Department of Biotechnology, Shridevi Institute of Engineering and Technology campus, Tumkur, Karnataka, India between November 2012 and March 2013....
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/6702
The methanol and aqueous extracts of the leaves, fruits, seeds, stem bark and roots of Picralima nitida were studied in vitro and in vivo for activity against Trypanosoma brucei brucei in Swiss albino mice. Phytochemicals studies were also conducted for all the plant extracts The...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/6628
Background: Thymoquinone (TQ), the bioactive constituent of black seed (Nigella sativa), has been shown to inhibit the growth of various human cancerous cells both in vitro and in vivo. Aim: To characterize the effects of thymoquinone on the activity of phase I and phase II carci...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/3870
Aims: Angelica glauca Edgew is a heavily exploited critically endangered medicinal cum aromatic herb of Himalayan region. Poor and erratic seed germination is one of the constraints in its in-situ as well as ex-situ conservation and large scale cultivation. Moreover, our understa...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7527
Sunday J. Ameh, Nneka Ibekwe, Aminu Ambi, Obiageri Obodozie, Mujtaba Abubakar, Magaji Garba, Herbert Cocker & Karniyus S. Gamaniel·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2014
Background: Herbal drug standardization (HDS) is multidisciplinary with botany and chemistry working together to facilitate decisions on production of herbal medicines. The common reasons for HDS are: i) it creates the need for establishing botanical identity; ii) it is necessary...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/5457
Najeeb Ur Rehman, Javid Hussain, Liaqat Ali, Abdul Latif Khan, Fazal Mabood, Syed Abdullah Gillani & Ahmed Al-Harrasi·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2014
Aims: The present study aimed to assess the nutritional significance of some of the commonly consumed vegetables collected from Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Study Design: The study was designed in randomized block design and each analysis was performed with three replicat...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/5271
Aims: To evaluate the protective effects of methanol extract of Ceiba pentandra leaves on indomethacin and ethanol induced gastric ulcer and on oxidative stress indices of alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Study Design: Extraction and administration of graded doses of the extract Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6479
Aim: To determine phytochemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of leaves and twigs of Sclerocarpus africanus (Jacq); prove or otherwise ethno-medicinal claims on S. africanus. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Chemistry, Biological sciences and Microbiology,...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/7096
Aims: The present work aims to perform the molecular modeling of stilbene synthase protein from Chinese grape vine Vitis pseudoreticulata. Place and Duration of Study: The study has been performed in the Department of Biotechnology, GITAM Institute of Technology, GITAM University...
Aims: According to recent surveys, despite health care authority’s budget reductions, the total amount of PM implants increased worldwide. Even if the diffusion of these devices is large no data are available concerning the characteristics of PM patients hospitalized for stroke....
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2014/5693
Aims: The objectives were to isolate and characterize phenotypically and genotypically the rhizobial strains from the soils belonging to the Meknes-Tafilalet region in order to select strains that are able to nodulate Bituminaria bituminosa. Study Design: An experimental study. P...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6172
Aims: To study the effect of flagellin on bacterial attachment and invasion of avian ovary cells in vitro by comparing the attachment and invasion of wild-type S. Enteritidis with non-motile mutants. To assess the immunogenic properties of extracted flagellin against Salmonella E...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7425