22 articles in this issue
Sammy Davies E. Osagie-Eweka,Noghayin E. J. Orhue,Fabian C. Amaechina,Eric K. I. Omogbai,Emuesiri Goodies Moke
Studies have shown that plants possess medicinal properties and compounds are beneficial in managing and treating diseases, including high blood pressure and related cardiovascular conditions. Simarouba glauca (SG) has been widely reported to possess anti... see more
Rakhmiyati Rakhmiyati,Tetri Widiyani,Agung Budiharjo
Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate are compounds found in shark cartilage (Carcharhinus sorrah). The two compounds have many health benefits, that is wound healing and helping the process of angiogenesis. This study aims to determine the content of gluco... see more
Eneogwe Okechukwu Godfrey,Ibrahim Izihyi Esther,Obuye Faith
Samples of Dioscorea dumenturom, Dioscorea rotundata and Dioscorea cayenensis were investigated for their proximate composition, anti-nutritional and mineral contents using standard analytical methods. These varieties of Dioscorea analysed showed a signif... see more
Linda Astutik,Eka Fitri Yanti
Pumpkin fruit (Cucurbita moschata. D) belongs the Cucurbitaceae family which is a functional vegetable widely distributed in Indonesia because it has nutritional value and health benefits. This study aims to determine the value of total flavonoid content ... see more
Ndanti Bartholomew William,Augustine Lawrence Bassey,John Akpan Udobang,Jude Efiom Okokon
Setaria megaphylla (Steud) Dur & Schinz (Poaceae), a perennial grass used traditionally in the treatment of various diseases such as malaria was, investigated for antioxidative stress activity in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice. The leaf extrac... see more
Idongesit Charles Etuk,John Akpan Udobang,Nwakaego Omonigho Ebong,Jude Efiom Okokon
The leaf of Solanum anomalum used in ethnomedicine for the treatment of various ailments such as diabetes was evaluated for antioxidative stress and hepatoprotective potentials against hepatic injuries in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Antioxidative stres... see more
Harem Othman Smail
The review aimed to understand and explain the association between some major endocrine conditions and COVID-19. Since March 2019, COVID-19 has been identified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) and has infected millions of individuals w... see more
Rizky Yulion,Santi Perawati,Barmi Hartesi,Lia Anggresani,Lili Andriani,Lesra Indriani,Lara Syahila,Suci Ramadani,Nadia Monika
Research on the acute toxicity of LD50 had been carried out on the ethyl acetate fraction of Gaharu leaves (Aquilaria malaccensis), beringin leaves (Ficus benjamina), sembung rambat leaves (Mikania micrantha), and kayu manis cortex (Cinnamomum burmanii) w... see more
Didik Krisdiyanto,Tutik Farihah,Hikmah Supriyati
Synthesis of Zr-ZA catalyst used as catalyst for esterification reaction of glycerol with acetic acid anhydrous has been done. Catalysts are characterized using an infrared spectrophotometer, X-ray diffraction, and measurement of surface acidity, whi... see more
Robert Ikechukwu Uroko,Mercylyn Ezinne Uche,Paul Chukwuemaka Nweje-Anyalowu,Ikenna Obiwuru,Chinedu Aguwamba,Chinomso Friday Aaron
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a urological disease prevalent among the ageing male population, which impairs the quality of life, including hyperlipidaemia and a decline in renal functions. Combining Anthocleista vogelii and Alstonia boonei stem b... see more
MacDonald Idu,Sharon Ogedegbe-George,Precious Eromosele Oriarewo,Benjamin Ogunma Gabriel
This study investigates the spermicidal and contraceptive effect of Azadirachta indica seed aqueous extract in male and female Wistar rats. The animals were divided into four groups (n=6), graded doses (2.5, 5, and 10 mg/kg) of the extract. They were expo... see more
Shahin Gavanji
With the development of human's modern society more and more people tend to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Toxicological studies indicated that many herbal medicines have direct toxic effects on the circulatory system or cardiovascular ... see more
Ahsan Ibrahim,Ehtisham Ul Haq
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS- CoV-2), since its emergence in Wuhan city of China in late 2019, had been a dilemma for the global healthcare system. Humongous efforts have been put in ascertaining the effective treatments for atten... see more
Maria Grasela Kase,Aniek Prasetyaningsih,Dwi Aditiyarini
Lips are a part of the face that does not have hair follicles making them easily dry and crack. Lipbalm is a beauty product that could be used to solve this problem by increasing lip moisture. However, the synthetic ingredient in commercial lip balm can h... see more
Julius Leke Abiola,Olapeju Oluyemisi Aiyelaagbe
Strophanthus sarmentosus DC is used traditionally in the management of snake-bite, arthritis, eye infection, rheumatism, emetic and venereal diseases. Freshly collected mature Strophanthus sarmentosus plant parts were air-dried at room temperature. ... see more
Jude Efiom Okokon,Idongesit Charles Etuk,John Akpan Udobang,Nwakaego Omonigho Ebong
Solanum anomalum Thonn. ex Schumach. (family Solanaceae), an edible shrub whose fruits and leaves are used medicinally to treat diseases including diabetes was evaluated for effect on alpha amylase and alpha glucosidase enzymes in vivo. The leaf extract (... see more
Hamza El Finou,Nadia Salhi,Asma Halmoune,Lhoussaine El Rhaffari
In order to identify the medicinal plants used in agri-food and traditional medicine by the population of Fez-Meknes region (Morocco), a floristic and ethnobotanical study was carried out in 4 provinces of this region (Fez, Meknes, Azrou, Taza). Questionn... see more
MacDonald Idu,Anthonia Omoregbee,Benjamin Ogunma Gabriel
This study investigated the biological activities and phytochemical screening of Boswellia dalzielii root ethanol extract. Standard procures were used to evaluate the phytochemicals and antioxidant capacity, antipyretic activity in baker’s yeast-induced p... see more
Andrés Eduardo Márquez,Alida Pérez,Luis Rojas,Rosa Aparicio,Freddy Ramos,Ysbelia Obregón,Alfredo Usubillaga
The fraction of the neutral extraction of the leaves of Espeletia semiglobulata Cuatrec. was subjected to chromatographic separation, it yielded four ent-kaurene type diterpenoids: three known [ent-kaur-16-en-19-al (I), ent-kaur-18-nor-16-en-4-ol (III), e... see more
MacDonald Idu,Igori Debby,Benjamin Ogunma Gabriel
The aim of this study is to investigate the immunoprotective effects of cold-pressed coconut oil in immunocompromised rat. Standard procedure was used to perform this research work with a modified method. The effect of immunomodulatory properties of cocon... see more
Mohan Krishna Durgam,Praveen Kumar Vemuri,Vijaya Lakshmi Bodiga,Sreedhar Bodiga
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that poses a serious global health problem, due to its associated effects on obesity and aging. Therapeutic strategies for targeting diabetes include the downregulation and/or inhibition of enzymes such as a-amylase ... see more
Eneogwe Okechukwu Godfrey,Obuye Faith,Ibrahim Izihyi Esther
The proximate composition, functional properties and amino acid profile of samples of Dioscorea alata, Dioscorea rotundata and Dioscorea bulbifera were investigated using standard analytical methods. The results showed that Dioscorea alata had the highest... see more