BACKGROUND This study aims to assess the hepatoprotective potential of Commelina nudiflora against CCl4-induced hepatic injury in rats. METHOD Antioxidant activities were determined. Phytochemical analysis was performed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS). In the in vivo study, Sprague Dawley rats were pretreated with C. nudiflora (150, 300, and 450 mg kg body weight (b.wt.)) once ...

Climate predictions produced by numerical climate models, often referred to as general circulation models (GCMs), suggest that by the end of the twenty-first century global mean annual surface air temperatures will increase by 1.1-6.4 degrees C. Trace gas records from ice cores indicate that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are already higher than at any time during the last 650000 years. In t...

[1] In the last 25 years of the 20th century most major land regions experienced a summer warming trend, but the central U.S. cooled by 0.2–0.8 K. In contrast most climate projections using GCMs show warming for all continental interiors including North America. We examined this discrepancy by using a regional climate model and found a circulation-precipitation coupling under enhanced greenhous...

background: cocaine poisoning is known for causing severe clinical effects such as tachycardia, hypertension, agitation and confusion. absence of clinical manifestations in cocaine poisoning is unusual. case report: a 26-year old man, known to be a cocaine addict, declared that he was forced by cocaine dealers to swallow many tablets of cocaine, six hours prior to admission to emergency departm...

in this study, a simple and reliable method by gas chromatograph–mass spectrometry (gc–ms) was developed for the fast and regular identification of 3, 4-mdma impurities in ecstasy tablets. in so doing, 8 samples of impurities were extracted by diethyl ether under alkaline condition and then analyzed by gc–ms. the results revealed high mdma levels ranging from 37.6% to 57.7%. the gc-ms method sh...

In today's society, the risk of cardiovascular disease is steadily rising. The fatty acid composition three local fermented food condiments (dawadawa, ogiri igbo, and okpei) purchased from different markets in Aba, Nigeria, was studied using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS) order to look for alternative natural that are absorbed body without having many health implications. profiles ...

Present work is directed toward the isolation and identification of biological active (antimicrobial) compound from metabolite extracted from endophytic fungus Emericella qaudrilineata(RS-5) (Accession number KC662361). Crude extracted from endophytic fungus Emericella qaudrilineata possessing antibacterial activity was subjected to bioassay guided fractionation in which toluene fraction exhibi...

Herbs discrimination by investigating volatile compound using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) is a common method adopted botanists and scientists. Based on this method, usually scientists would only focus the major in order to determine species of herbs. However, it difficult differentiate herbs same family group based pattern chromatography signal since they may have almost similar...

background: the present study was the first attempt for determination and measurement of pesticide residues in tomatoes used in salad production plants in isfahan, central iran. methods: a multiresidue method based on modified quechers (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) sample preparation, followed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (gc–ms) was developed and validated for the...