Over 25% of our common medicines contain at least some compounds obtained from plants. Nupeland located on the coastal basins of Rivers Niger and Kaduna in North Central Nigeria is greatly influenced by the savannah-forest vegetations with biodiversity rich in medicinal plants. This type of vegetation also harbours tsetsefly which are the vector of trypanosomes, thus making the area highly ende...

In order to identify the selection mechanism of two sympatric African browsers, we analysed encounter rates and selection of bushes along foraging pathways. We monitored the tracks, left overnight, by kudu and impala on an experimental plot of natural Acacia nilotica and Dichrostachys cinerea in the highveld of Zimbabwe, and recorded the number of bushes attacked in each category. Both ungulate...

The potential biological functions of A. nilotica have long been described in traditional system of medicine. However, the protective effect of A. nilotica on acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity is still unknown. The present study attempted to investigate the protective effect of A. nilotica against acetaminophen-induced hepatic damage in Wistar rats. The biochemical liver functional tests Ala...

Background: Trypanosomiasis is a disease of vertebral animals caused by parasitic protozoa the genus Trypanosoma. It one neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affecting about 36 countries Sub-saharan Africa, threatening more than 60 million people and 70 animals. Chemotherapy major means controlling African trypanosomiasis limited rapid drug resistance, toxicity high cost. There an urgent need for...

AIM This study was conducted to observe the effect of feeding Acacia nilotica pod meal on hematobiochemical profile and gastrointestinal parasitic load in growing goats. MATERIALS AND METHODS To experiment was conducted for a period of 3-month on 24 male goats (3½ month old, average body weight [BW] 6.50±1.50 kg), distributed into four groups of six animals each. The experimental animals were...

Background: It is well known that the herbs have therapeutic efficacy against infectious agents including bacterial ones. In current study, antibacterial activities of methanolic extracts nine were evaluated resistant enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) using disc diffusion method. Methods: Isolation and identification EPEC was done by standard bacteriological methods PCR assays. Sensitivity isolat...

Rapid increase in automobile density and discharge of different types pollutants from are a serious issue for whole civilized world Bhakkar also.Vehicle emission automobiles released an enormous quantity toxic likewise nitrogen dioxide, sulfur carbon mono oxide, heavy metals particularly lead, cadmium environment produced harmful effects on germination growth plants. This study was aim to inves...