Epidemics of infection due to drug resistance and unknown microbial organisms remain the public health concern. Consequently, there is the strong need for renewed strategies on treatment and prevention in which fungi ...

The effects of forty-one (41) bacteria previously isolated from the decomposition of some domestic food wastes in Akure metropolis (Nigeria) on proximate and antinutrient contents of cassava peels were determined. The ...

The nutraceutical property of a wild macrofungus, Lenzites quercina collected from Akure were assessed. Identification of L. quercina was carried out using both the morphological and molecular characteristics. The effect ...

The antibacterial effect of honey from twelve (12) different locations in Nigeria on selected diarrhoea-causing bacteria was investigated in this study. Both clinical and typed cultures of the following bacteria; Escherichia ...

The need to reduce the environmental pollution and destruction of ozone layer as well as the understanding that synthetic plastic disposal contributes to these problems makes this study necessary. This study was aimed ...

In this study, a traditional decoction made from the leaves of Psidium guavaja (Linn), Azadirachta indica (Linn), Gossypium hirsutum, Mangifera indica, Persea americana, bark of Anacardium occidentale, Swietenia mahagoni ...

Plants have become alternative drug sources since microorganisms have developed resistance to many antimicrobial drugs in use. This research aimed at investigating the antibacterial properties of the methanol, n- hexane ...

Traditional medicine also known as indigenous or folk medicine comprises of knowledge systems that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine. This work investigated on the in-vitro ...

Escherichia coli O157:H7 which is a strain of the enterohaemorrhagic E. coli group is recognized as an organism whose presence in any food material can lead to serious disease outbreak. Globally, the bacterium poses a great ...

This research examined the antimicrobial activities of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized by Streptomyces species from fruit waste dump site at Shasha Commercial Market, Akure, Ondo State. Soil sample was collected ...