ABSTRACT A number of essential trace elements play major roles in various metabolic pathways. Deficiencies or alterations in the level of these trace elements adversely affect the ability to withstand oxidative stress-mediated cell damage. This study determined the serum status of copper, zinc and manganese in psychiatric patients. One hundred (100) psychiatric patients attending the Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu, Nigeria were categorized into two groups: fifty (50) patients on antipsychot...
ABSTRACT Haemopoietic and Heamatinic potentials of crude methanol and aqueous seed extract of Telfairia Occidentalis (Ugu) in albino rats were studied using one hundred and twenty eight rats of mixed sexes ages 2-3 month weighing (150+ 20)g. Acute toxicity studies was performed and LD50 of the Telfairia Occidentalis obtained using standard methods. This work was carried out in the animal house of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. The work was done in two set. The first set, the aque...
This study was conducted among recurrent miscarriage and non miscarriage women in Wad madani teaching hospital to determine the prevalence of syphilis among those with previous miscarriage and those who had no miscarriage before . A total of ninety samples (n=90) were collected, during the period from April to June 2018, to demonstrate the frequency of syphilis and to compare between different diagnostic methods used for detection of syphilis. All samples were tested by using immunochro...
The emergences of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) producing bacteria have important clinical and therapeutic implications. The present study was undertaken to detect extended spectrum beta lactamases among bacteria isolated from different clinical specimens. This study was carried out during period from April to August 2018. A total of 100 specimens were collected from patients admitted to Omdurman Military Hospital. These were from urine 73(73%), wound swab 20(20%) and sputum...
ABSTRACT This study was designed, to investigate the haemopoietic activity of Sesamum indicum, Linn lectin (Beeniseed). The lectin was obtained and authenticated in the Botany department, University of Nigeria Nsukka. The LD50 of the lectin was determined with mice (n=17). Wistar rats (n=35), weighing 140 to 200 grams, aged 6 to 8 weeks were purchased and housed in the Animal House of College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus for 7 days to acclimatize before the study. The Wist...
ABSTRACT The effect of Ethylenedianinetetraacetic acid (EDTA) on lead content of blood has not been worked on in vitro. This led to carrying out this research. The aims of this research is to ascertain if EDTA has any effect on blood lead levels if the sample is collected using an EDTA tube and also to find out if there is any significant difference in the blood lead levels of the same sample when collected with an EDTA tube and a non-EDTA tube. Hundred (100) males who are commercial painter...
This study was conducted in different hospitals in Khartoum state. The study involved two hundred stool samples collected from 100 patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and another 100 as controls, during the period between February and June (2016). The results showed that 51 (51%) of irritable bowel syndrome patients as well as 33 (33%) of the control were harboring gastrointestinal parasites. The study revealed that Entamoeba histolytica was seen in 22% of the IBS cases follow...
Abstract Prostate cancer is the second highest cause of death due to cancers in men. The risk of developing it increases with age and the highest incidence is observed in men above the age of 50 years. In black men, the estimated lifetime risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer is 20.6% while the lifetime risk of death due to it is 4.7%. The current standard tests for the diagnosis of prostate cancer are the serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, digital rectal examination (DRE) and...
ABSTRACT The ABH-lectin activity was carried out on fourteen (14) tropical edible fruits sourced from Terminus market in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Haemagglutination techniques were carried out on fruit juices and seed/nut extracts using standard A, B, O(H) cells. Three hundred (300) subjects administered with questionnaires were tested for ABH-fruit incompatibility. Cashew; red and yellow (Anacardiumoccidentale), apple; green (Maluspumila) and guava; red (Psidumguajava) juices agglutin...