Aims: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of aqueous leaf extract of Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae) on plasma glucose level, total cholesterol level, triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in male albino rats. Study De...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2013/3639
Follicular fluid (FF) is an avascular compartment within the mammalian ovary separated from the perifollicular stroma by the follicular wall that constitutes a blood-follicle barrier. FF plays a major role in the autocrine and paracrine regulation and also in the physiological, b...
The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in nutrient recycling can result in the improvement of plant growth and yield in nutrient depleted soil. Two years field experiment (2008 and 2009) was conducted at Ekpoma, Nigeria to investigate the effects of mycorrhizal inoculum on maiz...
Aim: To produce daddawa analogue (a fermented condiment) from Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) seeds which should have safe levels of anti-nutrients comparable to daddawa from locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) seeds. Design of the Study: Lima bean and locust bean seeds were separately...
María del C. Cotto-Maldonado, Teresa Campo, Eduardo Elizalde, Arancha Gómez-Martínez, Carmen Morant & Francisco Márquez·Chemical Science International Journal·2013
Aims: The goal of this research is to determine the efficiency of different catalysts for the degradation of organic compounds as possible alternative for wastewater treatments. To reach this goal, many objectives should be previously satisfied including the synthesis of differen...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/2712
A new series of hydronaphthalene derivatives incorporated into or fused to different five or six membered nitrogen, oxygen, sulpher, heretrocyclic, S- glycosidic or N-glycosidic moieties and other related products had been described. The hydrazine derivative 2 was coupled with br...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/3452
Aims: To obtain the distillation column efficiency as a function of the packing materials used at various feed compositions of binaries and a ternary system to validate the most effective packing arrangement. Study Design: The design was based on the concentrations obtained from...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/3175
George Topakas, Irene Karchilaki, Ιoannis Dontas, Panagiotis Pachantouris, Eleftherios D. Voyatzoglou, Penelope Sotiriou, Andriana Donou, Aliki Iniotaki, Paraskevas Theodossiou & Chariclia V. Loupa·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2013
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether we can quickly, effectively, and with relatively low cost, heal long-standing (>8 months) diabetic foot ulcers using autologous skin fibroblasts. Place and Duration of Study: Immunology & National Histocompatibilit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3816
Aims: This article describes the results of a survey among dentists and dental technician regarding interdisciplinary teamwork. Interdisciplinary dental collaborations seem to be based on different conceptions with the consequence of various strengths but also weaknesses within t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2728
Aims: We present this case to improve medical knowledge about unusual presentation of leiomyomas and about the diagnostical findings of examinations settled down per rectal way. We provide images and stress the importance of differential diagnosis based on imaging. Presentation o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3692
Aims: This study aims at to evaluate the hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] reduction potential of crude cell-free extracts of chromium resistant and reducing bacterium Arthrobacter sp. SUK 1201 and determination of optimum conditions for Cr(VI) reduction for possible bioremediation of...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3726
Aims: To document the various insecticides employed and also test alternative and/or complementary less-toxic and eco-friendly management methods against the notorious fruit fly Dacus punctatifrons on tomatoes as potential components of a multi-pronged eco-friendly integrated app...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/3846
Ruminant production that is very popular in Nigeria livestock production faces series of problems, chief among them is the shortage of protein supply in adequate amount for optimum performance of the animals. The forages, which constitute the bulk of the source of feed for these...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/3176
The implement was designed and developed in a workshop held at the Agricultural Engineering Department, College of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of Science and Technology between April 2011 and June 2012. The implement was constructed from a series of disc blades mounted...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2568
Aims: The objective of this study was to access the growth responses of chickens fed different leaf meal supplements. Study Design: The experimental design used was completely randomized design for the chicks and completely randomized block design for the growing pullets and cock...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2013/2947