Background: The ethano-pharmacological survey on two Indian medicinal plants Alternanthera ficoidea and Ludwigia octovalvis revels that both are biologically potential effective in the management of various diseases. Despite as whole used traditionally by local people subcontinent but toxicity studies plant extract has not explored scientifically. Objective: study was designed to explore associ...

background: propolis, a honeybee product, has been used empirically for centuries and was always mentioned as an immunomodulatory. objectives: in this study, the effects of propolis on growth indices, innate immune responses and haematological parameters of barbus barbulus were investigated. methods: three hundred and sixty juvenile barbus barbulus, weighing 102±8.2g were randomly divided into ...

BACKGROUND Human exposure to hazardous substances in the environment has been known to play an important role in the pathogenesis of some diseases. Photocopying machines have become a cheap source of self-employment in Nigeria. For obvious reasons the highest level of patronage is encountered in the campuses of educational institutions. However, the persons who operate the machines are always e...

Early diagnosis of neonatal septicemia is difficult due to lack of specific clinical and laboratory findings. Blood culture is considered gold standard for the diagnosis, but is very time consuming. Hence most of the paediatricians administer antibiotics at the least suspicion of sepsis. To overcome this, several rapid haematological tests have been evaluated for their usefulness in rapid diagn...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Dengue virus (DV) has caused severe epidemics of dengue fever (DF) and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) and is endemic all over India. We have earlier reported that exposure of mice to hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] compounds increased the severity of dengue virus infection. Trivalent chromium picolinate (CrP) is used worldwide as micronutrient and nutritional supplement. Th...

BACKGROUND Prior to commencing antiretroviral therapy (ART), haematological abnormalities are a common occurrence in individuals diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In the course of receiving ART, these abnormalities usually improve. We determined the prevalence of haematological abnormalities in children diagnosed with HIV-1 and the changes in haematological parameters that occu...