Skin carcinoma are malignant out-growths of the epidermis and are primarily basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas, with risk factors among ultraviolet light, light coloured skin, age, male gender, irradiation and impaired immunity. This paper brings to the fore the pattern of skin carcinoma in ...
The pyrethroid pesticides are swiftly replacing other type of insecticides due to a moderately lower toxicity for mammals. Nevertheless, due to excessive use they have now become an environmental nuisance. We sort to evaluate the attenuating effect of aqueous extract of Croton zambesicus (AECZ) ...
Morphological effects of long-term consumption of energy drinks commonly use as flavored beverage drinks on the intracranial auditory relay centres namely inferior colliculus and medial geniculate body of adult wistar rats were carefully studied. The rats of both sexes (N = 20), with average wei...
We studied hepatic toxicity profile of the ethanolic fraction of the seed of Myristica fragrans (M. fragrans, nutmeg) in rats. Adult Wistar rats were randomized to receive 20 mg/kg/d or 80 mg/kg/d of oral ethanolic fraction of nutmeg for 7 days (7d; acute treatment) or 28 days (28d; chronic trea...
The open field test is a common measure of exploring behaviour and general activity in both mice and rat. This study was carried out to investigate the open field movement effect of administration of Bitter kola (Garcinia kola) extract on wistar rats. Fifteen adult wistar rats were purchased, we...
In this study the wound healing property of 28% concentration of ethanolic extract of Trichosanthes cucumerina fruit was determined by considering its effect on gross wound morphometry, histological analysis of the granulation tissue (with respect to neutrophils, macrophages, fibroblast and blo...
The orbit is roughly pyramidal in shape with the apex located posteriorly forming the optic canal and the base located anteriorly forming the orbital margin. The orbital margin has the form of a quadrilateral with rounded corners. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between ...
The foramen magnum contains the lower end of the medulla oblongata, the vertebral arteries and the spinal accessory nerve. The purpose of this study was to measure the size, determine the index and area as well as analyse the shapes of the foramen magnum in dry adult human skulls of Nigerians. Th...
The effects of chronic administration of Zidovudine (AZT) commonly used as part of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) type-1 therapy on the body and brain weights of adult wistar rats were carefully studied. The rats of both sexes...
This study is aimed to compare the ameliorative properties of Cissus populinea and Jatropha curcas on testicular damage caused by propoxur. Eighteen adult male Wistar rats were used in this study and were divided into six groups A, B, C, D, E, F consisting three rats in each group. Group A recei...