Olive tree is a well-known source of polyphenols. We prepared an olive leaf extract (OLE) and characterized it via high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis. OLE was blended with different polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), namely, poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBHV) polyhydroxybutyrate/poly(hydroxyoctanoate-co-hydroxydecanoate) (PHB/PHOHD), to produce fiber meshes electros...

objective: vernonia amygdalina (v.  amygdalina) leaf is locally employed in the southern region of nigeria in the treatment of malari a infection. this study evaluated the in vivo antiplasmodial, antioxidant and immunomodulatory effect of ethanol extract of v.  amygdalina leaf. materials and methods: the active principles of the dried leaf were extracted with ethanol. for quality validation, ch...

nephrotoxicity is a major side effect of cisplatin, a widely used chemotherapy agent. morphine and other opioids are also used extensively in different types of cancer for the clinical management of pain associated with local or metastatic neoplastic lesions. in addition to its analgesic effects, morphine has also been reported to possess potential immunomodulatory and antioxidant properties. h...