Richard Palmieri1, Lane Tredway2, Dev Niyogi3 &Gary M. Lackmann1 1Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695-8208, USA 2Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 3415, Raleigh, NC 27695-3415, USA 3Purdue University, Department of Agronomy and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Scien...

N. ADAM SMITH,"-' STORRS L. OLSON,^ and JULIA A. CLARKE^'^; ^North Carolina State University, Department of Marine, Eartli and Atmospheric Sciences, Campus Box 8208, Raleigli, Nortii Carolina 27695-8208 U.S.A., [email protected]; ^National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia 20560-0131 U.S.A., [email protected]; ^North Carolina Museum of Natural Sci...

DOI: 10.21276/sjams.2017.5.9.49 Abstract: Evolvulus alsinoides Linn. Is a medicinal plant that belongs to the family convolvulaceae. This study seeks to evaluate the effects of the aqueous extract of Evolvulus alsinoides Linn. on sperm parameters and the testis. A total of fifty (50) Wistar albino rats weighing 135-150g were used in this research. The rats were divided into five (I-V) Groups of...

Nephrotoxicity remains a common untoward effect of cisplatin therapy with limited effective chemopreventive options available till date. This study aims to evaluate the possible chemopreventive effect and mechanism(s) of action of 2 mgkg-1 and 5 mgkg-1 of Tadalafil in cisplatin-induced nephrotoxic rats. In this study, twenty-five male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups (n = 5 ra...

Two ectomycorrhizal macrofungal Amanita species of the section Lepidella, A. strobiliformis and A. solitaria, were found to hyperaccumulate silver (Ag). All samples were collected from non-argentiferous areas with background Ag content in soils (0.07-1.01 mgkg(-1) Ag). The Ag contents of both Amanita species were mostly in the range of 200-700 mgkg(-1)D.W. with the highest Ag content of 1253 mg...

The immunomodulatory function of longan pulp polysaccharide-protein complex (LP3) was investigated in immunosuppressed mice models. Compared with the model control, peroral administration of 100 mgkg⁻¹d⁻¹ LP3 could significantly increase/enhance antibody production against chicken red blood cell (CRBC), concanavalin A (ConA)-induced splenocyte proliferation, macrophage phagocytosis, NK cell cyt...

Ibuprofen is an effective, cheap, and frequently used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The present study investigated the doseand time-dependent effects of ibuprofen on hepatic, renal, and hematological functions in rats. Groups of rats (n=6) were given ibuprofen (20, 40 mgkg -1 day -1 ) for 7, 14 or 28 days; or vehicle (control), orally. Blood samples were obtained, and hematological indi...

Yang Zhang, Xin Zhang, Kai Wang, Jian He, L. Ruby Leung, Jiwen Fan, and Athanasios 3 Nenes 5 4 5 Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 6 USA. 7 Collaborative Innovation Center for Regional Environmental Quality, Beijing 100084, China} 8 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA. 9 School of Earth a...

Chronic pain is a common complication of diabetes. The aim of the present study was to characterise pain behaviour in a high fat diet/streptozotocin (HFD/STZ) model of diabetes in the rat, investigate spinal mechanisms, and determine the effects of antidiabetic interventions. Three-week consumption of a high fat diet followed by single injection of STZ (45 mgkg(-1)) produced sustained changes i...

Lead (Pb) is the most ancient poison known to man. In the present study, amount of accumulation of Pb in liver, kidney, ovary and testes of rain quail was studied using different doses of lead. Spectrophotometric analysis of heavy metal treated organs was carried out to determine the amount of metal accumulation in these organs. LD50 value was 4 ppm. Dose of lead was given in three ranges of lo...