Aims: Medicinal plants used by traditional medical practitioners (TMP) to treat cancers are considered safe when alone or combined with conventional therapy ensure their effectiveness and eliminate the toxic effects of orthodox medicines. Using cytotoxic antioxidant studies, study attempted assess some commonly medicinal cure cancer among Yoruba people in Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Lagos (South-West, Nig...

Five local spices (Piper guineense, Allium sativum, Afromomum melequata, Xylopia aethiopica and Tetrapleura tetraptera) were evaluated in the laboratory for their ability to protect stored maize against infestation by S. zeamais. Ground products of the spices were applied as direct admixtures at two concentration levels of 1% and 5% to assess for mortality, progeny emergence, damage and repelle...

The peripheral circulating white blood cell (WBC) or leukocyte count originate in the hematopoietic stem cells and develop along distinct differentiation in response to internal and external cues [1]. The total number of WBC in the circulation is given as the peripheral WBC count and proportion of the total number of WBC represented by differentiated granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils and b...

Griffin, D. J. G. Spider Crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae) from the International Indian Ocean Expedition, 1963-1964. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 182, 35 pages, 8 figures, 6 tables, 1974.—Spider crabs were collected by the RV Anton Bruun from 52 stations in the Andaman Sea, Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and western Indian Ocean from Natal to the Gulf of Aden. Specimens from s...

The Tachinidae of the Afrotropical Region are catalogued and seven genera and eight species are newly described. There are 237 genera and 1126 species recognized, of which 101 genera and 1043 species are endemic to the region. The catalogue is based on examination of the primary literature comprising about 525 references as well as numerous name-bearing types and other specimens housed in colle...

31 32 In total 14 strains of gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria were isolated from Sophora 33 longicarinata and Sophora microphylla root nodules and authenticated as rhizobia on these 34 hosts. Based on the 16S rRNA gene phylogeny, they were shown to belong to the genus 35 Mesorhizobium, and the S. longicarinata strains were most closely related to Mesorhizobium 36 amorphae ACCC 19665 (99.8 – 9...