Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels leaves are widely used in the treatment of diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular related complications in Nigeria. This study investigates the anti-inflammatory and antiobesity effect of aqueous extract of Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii leaves in high-fat diet- (HFD-) induced obese rats. HFD-fed rats were given 100, 200, and 400 mgkg-1 body weight of aqueous...

Black ginseng (BG) has been widely used as herbal treatment for improving physiological function. In order to investigate the neuroprotective action of this herbal medicine, we examined the influence of BG on the learning and memory of rats using the Morris water maze, and we studied the effects of BG on the central cholinergic system and neural nitric oxide synthesis in the hippocampus of rats...

Rice (Oryza sativa) is an important source of human internal exposure to radionuclides and heavy metals because, worldwide, a large fraction the population consume rice as their daily basic diet. In this study, levels correlation natural radioactivity (232Th, 226Ra 40K) (Pb, Ni Cd) in local sold Enugu urban markets, southeastern part Nigeria, were examined. Possible health implications also eva...

salmonella enteritidis (se) is frequently isolated from poultry and humans. chicken meat and egg are two important sources of se infection for humans. this study was conducted to detect the se infection in iranian poultry farms using serological methods. a number of 8208 serum samples were provided from 171 poultry flocks (pullet, commercial layer, broiler breeder, layer breeder, grandparent br...

Abstract Nowadays, due to pollution in world excessive consumption of mineral fertilizers, the limiting or minimizing their use has become a major strategy for environmentalists. The research work objective was reduce quantities especially NPK by gradually replacing nitrogen fertilizers with fulvic acid and biochar. Four different combinations were used as soil application (NPK 1 : 120, 160 143...

Purpose Water management affects the bioavailability of cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) in the soil and hence their accumulation in rice grains and grain yields. However, Cd and As show opposite responses to soil water content, but information, particularly on irrigation, is missing on a field scale. The purpose of the present study was therefore to find a water management regime that can lower a...

This study was undertaken to compare the induction characteristics of conventional thiopentone sodium, midazolam, and a combination of midazolam and thiopentone sodium as co-induction agent. Total one hundred and fifty patients of ASA grade I and II were divided into three groups in a double blind randomized study. Group-I received midazolam 0.25 mgkg-1 intravenously, group–II received thiopent...