Aims: Upon entrance into the blood stream most nanoparticles bind to an array of proteins forming a “protein corona”. Fibrinogen is the second most abundant blood protein and has been reported to bind to a variety of nanoparticles including metal oxides, polymeric nanoparticles a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/5959
Aims: The main objective of this work was to observe the analgesic activity of Manilkara zapota (leaves) on mice. Study Design: The Present study was designed to observe pharmacological activities of the crude extracts of the plant Manilkara zapota (leaves). The study protocol co...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/5941
Aims: The current study was aimed at evaluating the phytochemical profile and in vitro bacteria growth inhibitory potential of different solvent leaf extracts of V. amygdalina from northern Ghana. Study Design: Different solvent extracts of the plant were quantitatively and quali...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/3200
Aims: The role of thyroid hormones as important mediator of glucose metabolism and body weight dynamics had long been established. This study was therefore designed to evaluate the effect of standard thyro-active drugs in comparison to crude nutritional extracts, on blood glucose...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/5665
Aims: This study focused on comparing binary and ternary solid dispersions (SD's) of water-insoluble Tamoxifen citrate (TMC) regarding drug dissolution and oral bioavailability. Basically, the enhanced dissolution of this drug by water-soluble polymer has not yet been reported in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/6072
Genus Kalanchoe comprises hundred species. Different extracts of these Kalanchoe species have been widely used in traditional medicine. Recently it has been reported that Kalanchoe extracts possess various biological activities viz. antiviral, sedative, antiulcer, immunomodulator...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/5901
We selected the pediatric urinary tract infection related research and review articles in English language using keywords or phrases such as Infant; children; culture; Escherichia coli; fever, UTI. Aims: The purpose of this review is to provide summary of the latest research in p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/4690
Re-transplantation operation is a technically difficult procedure because of many adhesions; it has higher morbidity and mortality. In this article a maneuver facilitating liver re-transplantation is described. 27-year old male with hepatic artery thrombosis three months after th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5694
Aim: To isolate and identify the potential extremophilic cellulase producing strain viz., psychrophiles, halophiles, thermophiles and to compare the Cellulase activity from samples collected from different geographical regions of India. Place and Duration of Study: Bharathiar Uni...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5395
Aims: Antibacterial chemicals were isolated from fruit bodies of three basidiomycota [Coltricia perennis (L) Murrill, Onnia tomentosa (Fr.) P. Karst., and Polyporus mori (Pollini) Fr. ] fungi and their antibacterial potential were screened against five bacteria. Study Design: All...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/4615
Salmonella infection in bird species in Jamaica was studied. This revealed that very low prevalence of salmonellosis was found (0.32%). Salmonella Yeerongpilly (newly reported in the country) was isolated from a bird collected at a bird aviary. This study showed that there was th...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5942
A non specific acid phosphatase from Aspergillus oryzae NRRL447 catalyzes the phosphate hydrolysis from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide forming nicotinamide riboside, adenosine and Pi as the final products of the reaction. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity by a sequential...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5953
Antibiograms and plasmid profiles are commonly used to characterizemethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) inepidemiologic studies. However, antibiograms are frequently inadequate to accomplish the differentiation. Plasmid profile being more informative has been report...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5533
Aims: Glucose oxidase is an enzyme with large scale applications in various industries. It is also used in several diagnostic kits which makes it medically important as well. Our aim was to isolate indigenous glucose oxidase hyper producing strain of Aspergillus niger from differ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/3082
Caesalpinia benthamiana (Baill.) Herend. and Zarucchi (synonym. Mezoneuron benthamianum Baill.) belongs to the family Fabaceae, it is a climbing or a straggling shrub and is well known in some West African countries for its medicinal properties where it is used to cure general ma...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5560