statement of problem: candidal colonies make up a part of natural oral flora and are considered as predisposing factors for opportunistic infections. since hemodialysis leads to body immune suppression and make patients susceptible to opportunistic infections, it is useful to investigate the relationship between hemodialysis and such infections.purpose: the aim of the present research was to st...

Background: The fruit of Terminalia chebula (Combretaceae) has been used as traditional medicine against various human ailments, and has been extensively used in Ayurved, Uanai and Homeopathic medicine. The fruit was one of the Ayurvedic herbs used for the adaptogenic/anti-stress potential. The objective of the study was to investigate anti-stress activity of ethanolic extract of T. chebula fru...

mastitis is one of the most serious and costly diseases affecting dairy cattle production. in the present study, effects of a lactoferrin gene polymorphism (intron 6) on milk somatic cell count (scc) and subclinical mastitis was investigated in 121 holstein dairy cattle. two alleles of a and b and two genotypes of aa and ab were found in an ecori recognized single nucleotide polymorphism in int...

a simple inexpensive con!nuous quality control method, by means of eight basic blood coun!ng parameters, obtained from automated hematology analyzers, using pa!ent samples, is described. a few samples with low, normal and high values were selected and introduced to the instrument early in the morning as the first count, the results of which are plo#ed on the appropriate chart as dots. the same ...

Fruit juices are prone to spoilage without the use of preservatives. This study evaluated effect preservatives on microbial, physicochemical and sensory quality cucumber carrots juices. Carrot cucumbers fruits were extracted, filtered treated with garlic ginger powder sodium benzoate. served as control. The microbial qualities fruit juice determined using standard methods. Total viable count fo...

objective: cyclosporine (cs), a cyclic undecapeptide with potent immunosuppressive activity, causes several adverse effects including reproductive toxicity. this study aims to examine the ability of crataegus monogyna aqueous fruit extract as an antioxidant to protect against cs-induced reproductive toxicity. materials and methods: in this experimental study, 32 adult male wistar rats were divi...

Fresh fruits promote good health but harbor a wide range of microbial contaminants. This study assessed the quality and safety Polyethylene packed sliced sold in Port-Harcourt markets. 36 samples freshly cut fruit comprising Pawpaw (Carica papaya), Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Water Melon (Citrullus lanatus) were randomly collected from different sellers within Port Harcourt metropolis. Samples a...

prediction of superior crosses before their being performed, and an evaluation of the progeny in the field can lead to an increase in the efficiency of hybrid-seed production. a significant number of studies, during recent decades, have proved a positive relationship between heterosis and the genetic distance evaluated through molecular markers. ssr markers were employed to study the relationsh...