IN VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF METHANOL AND AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF LEAVES OF LEPIDIUM SATIVUM, AZADIRACHTA INDICA AND MORINGA OLEIFERA AGAINST SELECTED PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

Shizuyo Tsujimura, Akio Kawabe, Yoshiya Tanaka

People use medicinal plants as diet, and for treatment of infectious and noninfectious diseases and they use brief procedures like frying and cooking to do so. Medicinal plants;..Ver más»

Spatio-temporal Variation in Area of Production, Number of Holders and Productivity of Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) and Khat (Khat edulis L.) in West and East Hararghe Zone, Eastern Ethiopia

Wasihun Gizaw

Coffee and Khat are the major cash crop in Ethiopia. To undertake the study secondary data was collected from Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia for 10 years. Mann-Kendal..Ver más»

Characterization of Cardiac Troponin I Raman Signature in Bovine Serum Albumin and Human Blood Serum for the Potential Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction

Sara Moghaddamjoo, Amir Pasha Tashakor, Sahba Talebi Fard, Yashar Tashakkor A, Ezra Kwok, Yueh Alison Li, Najme Tavassoli, Glen F Tibbits, Grant Ed and Andrew Rawicz

Cardiac troponin I is one of the most specific and widely used biomarkers of myocardial infarction. Prompt recognition of elevated troponin concentrations in th..Ver más»

Abundance and Diversity of Microbiota in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

Remely Marlene, Dworzak Simone, Hippe Berit, Zwielehner Jutta, Aumueller Eva, Brath Helmut and Haslberger Alexander

Inflammatory reactions leading to the progression of metabolic syndrome contribute to changes in composition of the GIT microbiota.

We characterize fecal microbiota at..Ver más»

Blood Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Relation with the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases in Obese Women

Marie-Eve Lavoie, Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, Sophie Ziai and Jean-Claude Lavoie

Objective: Oxidative stress plays a role in obesity-related diseases. We hypothesize that abnormalities of the glutathione system are associate..Ver más»

Dysglycemia and Dyslipidemia Models in Nonhuman Primates: Part IV. Pancreatic Beta Cell Dysfunction and Diabetes Progression

Yong-Fu Xiao, Yixin (Jim) Wang

Diabetes mellitus, hyperglycemia and polyuria, results from the body either producing insufficient insulin or using the produced insulin inefficiently to metabolize glucose. Typ..Ver más»