In the present study, we examine the effects of the treatment with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [150 IU/Kg (3.75 μg/Kg) once a day, for 15 days] to non-diabetic and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The results indicate ...

Smoking of cigarettes worsens morbidity and mortality rates by prompting cancer, pulmonary, cardiovascular, and oral diseases. Despite having all these severe risks of smoking, the habit is unacceptably widespread, ...

Newbouldia laevis is a valuable tropical plant belonging to the family of Bigoniaceae. The plant is believed by most herbal practitioners to be the tree of fertility and of immense medicinal benefits to humans. This study ...

Biosynthesis is up-regulated in tumors and thus the demand for anabolic intermediates is increased. The metabolic routes providing the building blocks for macromolecules are thus a very attractive target as they are not ...

Enzymatic browning is an economically important disorder that degrades the sensory characteristics, and prevent consumer from purchasing fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. Prevention and control of enzymatic browning in ...

Antimicrobial resistant Salmonella is recognized as a potential food safety threat and its prevalence in farmed shrimps is very concerning. However, information about antimicrobial resistant Salmonella in retail farmed ...

The surface-based DNA computing is one of the methods of DNA computing which uses DNA strands immobilized on a solid surface. In this paper, we applied surface-based DNA computing for solving the dominating set problem. ...

This study was conducted to assess body size distribution and Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) of Nile perch (Lates cf. niloticus) captured using three common fishing gears at Magu district in Tanzania. Three landing sites ...

This study was carried out to assess the vessel and fiber dimensions and characteristics of Blighia sapida Konig. and Lecaniodiscus cupanoides Planch ex Benth. growing in the rainforest and derived savanna regions of Edo ...

The molecular chaperone HSP60 is a chaperonin homolog of GroEL. We had previously shown that the immunosuppressant mizoribine is bound directly to HSP60 and inhibited its chaperone activity. However, the inhibitory mechanisms ...