1. EFFECT OF VITAMINS C AND E ON MEMORY IN ADULT MICE
Vitamin C, also known as L-ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in some foods, added to others, and available as a dietary supplement and is destroyed by heat or reduced by prolonged storage (Weinstein et al., 2001). Humans, unlike most...
2. COMPARATIVE PHARMACOGNOSTIC STUDIES OF THE LEAVES OF SOLANUM INCANUM LINN AND SOLANUM MELONGENA LINN (SOLANACEAE)
ABSTRACT
Solanum incanum Linn. and Solanum melongena Linn (Solanaceae) are both shrubs or trees found in the sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Both are called „gauta‟ among the Hausa community of Northern Nigeria and „Tarku‟ among the Bura/Babar speaking people of Sout...
3. COMPARATIVE PHARMACOGNOSTIC AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE LEAVES OF VERNONIA AMYGDALINA DEL. AND VERNONIA KOTSCHYANA SCH. BIP. (ASTERACEAE)
ABSTRACT
Vernonia amygdalina Del. and V. kotschyana Sch. Bip. (Asteraceae) are respectively shrub or tree and annual herb found commonly in tropical and subtropical countries. They are employed in ethno-medicine in the treatment of many ailments namely stomach ache, gingivitis, rheumati...
4. PHARMACOGNOSTIC, ANALGESIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY STUDIES ON THE LEAVES OF MICROTRICHIA PEROTITII DC (ASTERACEAE)
ABSTRACT
Microtrichia perotitii DC Asteraceae (Compositeae) is an herb found in the tropical countries. Ethno-medicinally, it is mainly used for the treatment of pain related diseases such as toothaches, cuts and burns and few ailments like rashes, rheumatism, jaundice, stomachaches and...
5. SURFACE ACTIVITY AND RELEASE PROPERTIES OF SOME TROPICAL GUMS IN ARTEMETHER AND ARTESUNATE SODIUM TABLET FORMULATIONS
ABSTRACT
Plant gums are natural polymers with low toxicity, high biodegradability and high compatibility with drugs making them useful as pharmaceutical excipients in solid, semi-solid and liquid formulations. This work was aimed at evaluating the surface activity and release properties...
6. PHARMACOGNOSTIC AND ANTI-ULCER EVALUATIONS OF CASSIA SIEBERIANA D.C. (FABACEAE) ROOT
ABSTRACT
Cassia sieberiana D.C. (Fabaceae) though widely used in traditional medicine as an analgesic in dysmenorrhoea, ulcer and general body pains, there is no published report on it standardization. Pharmacognostic evaluation of the root will therefore assist in standardization for q...
7. PHARMACOGNOSTIC, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES OF THE LEAVES OF AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS LINN.(AMARANTHACEAE)
ABSTRACT
Amaranthus viridis (Amaranthaceae), an annual herb, used in traditional medicine as diuretic and emollient, in poultices on inflammations, boils or abscesses, as well as in the treatment of gonorrhea, piles, fever, filaria, dysentery etc. This study focussed on the evaluation o...
8. PHARMACOGNOSTIC AND SOME BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON MAYTENUS SENEGALENSIS (LAM.) EXELL (CELASTRACEAE)
ABSTRACT
Maytenus senegalensis (Celastraceae) is commonly known as thorny staff tree or confettii tree, is of high traditional use among the „Hausa‟ community of Northern Nigeria. Hence the present investigation was to establish the pharmacognostic parameters for the leaves and st...
9. PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY STUDIES ON THE HEXANE EXTRACT OF THE STEM BARK OF STEGANOTAENIA ARALIACEAHOSCHTS (APIACEAE)
ABSTRACT
Inflammation has been implicated in virtually all human and animal diseases. It has become the focus of global scientific research, more so, since the currently used anti-inflammatory agents both steroidal and non-steroidal are prone to evoking serious adverse reactions. Stegan...
10. EFFECTS OF WATER-SOLUBLE FRACTIONS OF USED CRANKCASE OIL ON SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF THE NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS
ABSTRACT
Used crankcase oil is disposed off indiscriminately and it eventually finds its way into the aquatic environment resulting in surface and ground water contamination by complex interacting chemicals and substances. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), heavy metals, additives...
