t is a common knowledge among organoselenium experts that diphenyldiselenide (DPDS) exhibit glutathione peroxidase (GPx) mimetic property. However, reports have indicated that its toxicity on thiol-enzymes may be associated ...

Anacardium occidentale (L.) shell oil, Jatropha curcas (L.) and Ricinus communis (L.) seed oils were extracted using n-hexane and tested as wood protectant against subterranean termites using Triplochiton scleroxylon ...

African mistletoe (Loranthus bengwensis L.) has been employed in sub-Sahara African folklore for the treatment of many degenerative diseases such as hypertension. It has been reported that drying methods play an important ...

The general antioxidant chemistry of organotellurium compounds have been largely related to their ability to mimic the native antioxidant enzyme, gluthathione peroxidase (GPx). However, the precise molecular event ...

This study examined the modulatory effect of crude alkaloid extracts of bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) and water bitter leaf (Struchium sparganophora) on cognitive function, antioxidant status, and activities of ...

Twenty improved paddy rice varieties were subjected to infestation by Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) in the Storage Technology Laboratory of Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria at ambient temperature of ...

One of the mechanisms by which carbofuran (CF) exerts its toxicity is via oxidative stress, thus leading to drastic decrease in the activities of antioxidant enzymes and pool of vital antioxidant components in mammalian ...

This study was carried out to determine the Phytoremediation potential of maize (Zea mays Linn.) using poultry litter on soil polluted with spent engine oil. 100 ml spent engine oil (SEO) was thoroughly mixed with 5 kg of ...

Abattoir wastes comprise of several pollutants and pathogens which could result in public health risks. Hence, this study investigated the bacteriological profiling of some abattoir environments (Odo-Owa abattoir market, ...

Liver is one of the main organs targeted by inorganic mercury compounds, such as mercuric chloride (HgCl2). Multiple mechanisms have been proposed to explain the biological toxicity of HgCl2 as pro-oxidant by investigating ...