INTRODUCTION Toxins are poisonous substances produced within living cells or organisms and can include various classes of small molecules or proteins that cause disease on contact. The severity and type of diseases caused by toxins can range from minor effects to deadly effects. The organisms which are capable of producing toxins include bacteria, fungi, algae, and plants. Some of the major types of toxins include, but are not limited to, environmental, marine, and microbial toxins. Microbi...
Abstract Food vendors are important in every socio-economic sector in developing countries, providing ready-to-eat food to the populace and in the process, they transmit pathogenic organisms to the food being sold. However, a very important but neglected source of these pathogenic bacteria is the phone handled by the food vendors. This study is aimed to ascertain if the phone handled by the food vendor could be a potential source of dissemination pathogenic bacteria to the vended food bee...
ABSTRACT The present study was conducted in Ekpoma, headquarters of Esan West Local Government area of Edo state. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of marijuana on the heart of wistar rats. The study involved twenty four growing wistar rats having weights between 250g-275g divided into 4 groups; control and groups 1-3, comprising of 6 rats each. The control group received only grower’s mash and distilled water while groups 1, 2 and 3 received 0.02mg/kg body weight, 0.04mg/...
The increasing incidence of resistance to antibiotics among bacteria currently poses serious clinical and public health threat and has propelled efforts for newer alternatives to alleviate the problem. Extensive search and testing for different plants with potentials for antimicrobial properties is presently considered one of the most feasible options as substitutes to the current regimen of antimicrobials. We tested the antibacterial characteristic and the phytochemical composition of four c...
The purpose of this present study of seven Nigerian medicinal plants is to ascertain the medicinal, phytochemical and proximate constituents of the plants. The plants are .Acacia albida Del, Anchomanes difformis Engl, Boscia senegalensis, Bridelia ferruginea Benth, Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq, Indigofera arrecta Hochst and Moringa oleifera Lam
Piliostigma reticulatum plant found in West Africa. It is an Evergreen shrub with a twisted bole to 9 m high, with a bushy spherical canopy. Bark dark grey to brown, fibrous and corky, slash dark red. Leaves large, thick, leathery, grey-green, 6-12 cm long, Fruit large, long, straight, undulate or twisted and hard, either glabrous or sparsely pubescent, brown, indehiscent, up to 25 cm long, 5 cm wide. Alchonea laxiofolia is a Deciduous, erect to straggling shrub 7m tall. Two extracting solv...
Anisopus mannii(Asclepiadaceae) –is a glabrous twining shrub, strong climber with greenish flower in globose, lateral umbelliform cymes it is widely used as an anti-diabetic agent in Northern and southern Nigerian traditional medicine, Studies were conducted to determine the phytochemical constituents of leaf and bark ethyl acetate extracts of Anisopus mannii and to evaluate its antimicrobial activity, using the agar well diffusion technique using standard phytochemical analysis procedure...
The purpose of this research work is to determine the microbiological profile of hospital solid waste dump sites, sensitivity to antibiotic and isolation and identification of the organism using API 20 E kit method of analysis. Microbiological profiling was carried out on hospital solid waste collected from State Specialist Hospital in Ikare-Akoko. The mean total aerobic counts of the bacteria isolated from the solid waste samples collected from six (6) units in the hospital were 5.0 x 104 cf...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Certification Dedication Acknowledgements Table of contents List of tables List of figures Abstract CHAPTER ONE 1. Introduction 1.1 cannabis sativa 1.2 cannabis and cannabinoids 1.3 Vernonia amygdalina CHAPTER TWO 2 Literature Review 2.1 Effects of aqueous extract of Vernonia amygdalina and cannabis sativa on neurobehavioral activities. 2.2 Decreasing or disabling neuronal functions....
Malnutrition is a global challenge especially in the developing countries. Nigeria is the tenth highest country with under-five mortalities globally and the third highest country with stunted growth among children (43%). In order to reduce the malnutrition rate, the National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition (NSPAN) was adopted in 2014. This article critically evaluated three delivery processes that may promote community participation in maternal and, infants, young child feeding nutriti...
The effects of the aqueous leaf extract of Basella alba on haematological and biochemical parameterswere studied in Wistar strain albino rats. Twenty four (24) Wistar strain albino rats were randomlydistributed into four groups of six (6) rats each. Group I rats served as control and received 10 ml/kg ofnormal saline, while group II, III and IV received 60, 80 and 100 mg/kg of aqueous leaf extract of B. alba,respectively, for two weeks. Administration of the extract was done orally. At the en...
Renal dysfunction is nowa prevalent complication of diabetesmellitus. Therefore, this study was carried out to evaluate the remedialeffects of virgin coconut oil (VCO) on renal dysfunction in diabetic rats. Fifteen albinoWistar rats were divided into 3 groups thatcomprise normal control group (Group I) and diabetic control group (Group II) fed with normal rat chows and a diabetic test group(Group III) fed with 10% VCO diet. Group II and Group III were made diabetic by single intraperitoneal i...
Virgin coconut oil (VCO) is a saturated fat with promising antidiabetic properties but its ameliorative effect on lipid profilesin diabetics is rarely reported. Therefore, in this study, a total of fifteen (15) male rats weighing 200–250 g were divided into 3experimental groups (𝑛 = 5).Group I (control) andGroup II (diabetic control group) were fed a normal rat chowwhile Group III(diabetic test group) was fed a 10% VCO diet for 3 weeks. Group II and Group III were made diabetic by intrap...
Untreated hyperglycaemia leads to kidney damage through oxidative stress of the kidney tissues with resultantcompromise of the antioxidant enzymes. According to research, Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) has been reported tohave hypoglycaemic and anti-diabetic properties. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate theameliorative effects of VCO supplemented diet on blood glucose, renal tissues and antioxidant enzymes indiabetic rats. The study was carried out on fifteen male rats weighing 150 ...
Introduction: Virgin coconut oil (VCO), a saturated fat,has been reported to have anti-diabetic properties and thereis dearth of information on its potency to correct abnormalhaemostatic parameters associated with diabetic patients.Objectives: Therefore, this study was carried out toinvestigate effect of VCO consumption on abnormalhaemostatic parameters in diabetic rats.Materials & Methods: A total of fifteen (15) male ratsweighing 200–250g were divided into three (3) experimentalgroups: No...