Benson Idahosa University June 2022 - Benson Idahosa University

Archives for the Month: June 2022

BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

PREVALENCE OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus AMONG HEALTHY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

ABSTRACT Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is among the currently ravaging human pathogens responsible for most of health-care associated and community...

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BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

ACUTE TOXICITY, IN VIVO ANTIMALARIAL POTENTIAL AND HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF Plasmodium berghei INFECTED MICE TREATED WITH Allanblackia floribunda Oliv.

ABSTRACT Malaria is one of the oldest and most deadly diseases. In 2020, children below aged 5 years accounted for...

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BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS OF EGG QUALITY TRAITS OF INDIGENOUS CHICKEN GENOTYPES IN EDO STATE

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to provide an unbiased description of egg quality traits of four indigenous chicken genotypes in...

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BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

PHYTOTOXIC INFLUENCE OF WASTE ENGINE OIL ON THE GROWTH OF Chloris pilosa (Schumach) and Anthephora ampullacea (Stapf and C.E. Hubb) GROWN IN EAST – SOUTHERN PART OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The present study explored the use of growth characters of Chloris pilosa and Anthephora ampullacea as phytoindicators of waste...

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BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

COMPARATIVE DETERMINATION OF VITAMIN C CONTENT OF FRESH FRUIT JUICE OF SELECTED ‘EXPENSIVE’ AND ‘LESS EXPENSIVE’ FRUITS IN OKHA MARKET IN BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT There is increasing concern over micronutrient malnutrition, especially in low and middle-income countries, resulting in poor health and higher...

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BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

POTENTIAL OF EXTRACTS OF Dialium guineense STEM BARK IN THE MITIGATION OF CARBON TETRACHLORIDE-INDUCED RENAL OXIDATIVE STRESS

ABSTRACT The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential of extracts of Dialium guineense stem bark in...

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BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

ASSESSMENT OF INFLAMMATORY, CARDIAC AND COAGULATION MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN NNEWI, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Alcohol consumption had been associated with chronic heart disease. The precise mechanisms of this risk are not always clear....

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BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

THE INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS ON THE ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER AROUND AUTOMOBILE WORKSHOPS IN BENIN CITY

ABSTRACT The effect of meteorological parameters such as air temperature and relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed, atmospheric pressure, ultraviolet...

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BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

AWARENESS AND CONSTRAINTS TO AGROCHEMICALS SOURCING AND ADOPTION AMONG RUBBER FARMERS IN EDO STATE

ABSTRACT Farmers’ productivity has been recognized as a long-term path to food security in Africa. As a result, making pest...

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BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

ANTI-DIABETIC EFFECT OF AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF Vernonia amygdalina AND Dacryodes edulis LEAVES AND THEIR COMBINATION IN ALLOXAN-INDUCED DIABETIC RATS

ABSTRACT In this study, the antidiabetic activities of the aqueous extracts of Veronia amygdalina (VA) and Dacryodes edulis (DE) leaves...

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BIUJBAS-Vol7-1
By admin / June 8, 2022

MONKEYPOX: AN EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING THREAT IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Monkeypox (MPX) is a viral zoonosis that mostly prevalent in tropical rainforests of Central and West Africa and can...

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