Phytochemical screening and larvicidal effects of methanolic leave extract of Ocimum gratissimum on Anopheles species larva in Gombe, Gombe State Nigeria

Phytochemical Screening and Antibacterial Investigation of The Extract of Ocimum Gratissimum (Scent Leaf) On Selected Enterobacteriaceae

Received 10 Feb., 2010, Accepted 19 December, 2010 Abstract Antibacterial properties of Ocimum gratissimum was determined and tested against pure cultures of clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella , Shigella and Salmonella species. Water and Ethanol were used for the extraction of the active constituent of the plants. Water extract of Ocimum gratissimum was not as effective as the et...

Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Methanolic Extract of Ocimum Gratissimum (Labiate) on Experimental Animals

The Methanolic leaves extract of Ocimum gratissimum was investigated for anti-inflammatory effects in rats. The model used to study the effect on anti-inflammatory is Formalin Induced rat paw edema. The extract demonstrated a significant (P< 0.001) anti-inflammatory activity at all the doses (50,100 and 200 mg/kg body weight i.p.) tested group and standard group (aspirin 20mg/kg) compared to co...

The impact of HIV syndromes on the treatment of TB cases in Gombe State, Nigeria

Detection of Gastrointestinal Parasites of Lizards (Agama agama) trapped in and around Commercial Poultry Pens in Gombe State, Nigeria

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critical period effects in foreign language learning:the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of reading,writing, and grammar in english as a foreign language

since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...