The present study aimed to evaluate in preschool children the intakes of Ca, Mg that possibly affect health and tooth formation and the intakes of K and Na that may affect lifestyle-related diseases. Information on dietary intake was collected from 90 preschool children (15 boys and 15 girls each in the 3-, 4- and 5-year old groups) on 3 separate days in the school fiscal year 1999 (April 1999 ...

E ver wonder how many brush strokes it takes to create a painting? Or how to measure boredom, attraction to the opposite sex, the efficacy of prayer, or the intelligence of earthworms? Sir Francis Galton wondered about these things and set out to develop procedures and instruments by which such questions could be answered and replicated . In fact, he counted everything that appeared to have any...

BACKGROUND It was shown that plants derived agents are being used for treatment of cancer. In this study, crude ethanolic extract of Consolida orientalis L., Ferula assa-foetida L., Coronilla varia L., Orobanche orientalis G. Beck were screened in vitro for cytotoxic activity on Hela (Human cervical carcinoma) cell line. OBJECTIVES We performed the present study to evaluate the in vitro cytot...

Background and research objectives: Finding sustainable management options for the local communities that depend on medicinal plants is crucial in face of human pressure these plants. This study contributes to medecinal Togo. It aims censusing pathologies identify endogenous strategies Moba ethnic group Methods: Data was collected through semi-structured ethnobotanical individual interviews wit...