by admin | Feb 19, 2017 | Biology
ABSTRACT This project work reveled the rate at which people are infected with malaria the least square method used for analysis showed that people are infected with malaria irrespective of the time and seasons of a successive year, There is no noticeable direction as...
by admin | Feb 19, 2017 | Biology
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The number of people with high blood pressure is in the increase and research has shown that this condition is heightened by overweight of the patient. That is to say, the more one increases in weight, the higher...
by admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Biology
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Yoghurt is a fermented dairy product obtained from the lactic acid fermentation of milk. It is one of the most popular fermented milk products in the world and produced commercially at home. (Willey et al., 2008). In its commercial...
by admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Biology
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 INTRODUCTION Medicinal plants represent a rich source of antimicrobials and many other drugs. The potentialsof higher plants as source for new drugs is still largely unexplored. Antibiotic resistance has become a...
by admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Biology
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Water is indispensable and intricately connected to life, without which there is no life. This is the reason for which water must be given the necessary attention at all times. Good drinking water is not a luxury; it is one of the most...
by admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Biology
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at investigating the microbial load and the quality of indoor air Faith Mediplex Centre, Benin City, to ascertain their contribution to infection rate in the hospital. Air samples were assessed for three (3) months (June-August, 2015)...
by admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Biology
ABSTRACT A survey of gastrointestinal parasites of chickens was carried out in Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria between January and July, 2015. A total of three hundred and twenty seven (327) chickens of different breeds were examined for gastrointestinal infections. Faecal...
by admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Biology
ABSTRACT The transmission of infection via fomites constitutes a major threat to public health especially in the developing countries. This study was carried out to investigate the microbial carriage and antibiotics pattern of bacteria on the door handles of campus...
by admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Biology
1.0 INTRODUCTION The seed of locust beans (Parkiabiglobosa) plant found growing in the Savannah Africa provides one of the popular seasonings in African diet. The nutritious and delicious food spice is popularly called “ogiri” in Igbo, “iru” in Yoruba and...
by admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Biology
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Crude oils are composed of mixtures of paraffin, alicylic and aromatic hydrocarbons. Microbial communities exposed to hydrocarbons become adapted, exhibiting selective enrichment and genetic changes resulting in increased...
by admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Biology
ABSTRACT Stored locust bean samples were purchased from Uselu market and analysed for their fungal load and physicochemical properties such as moisture content, pH value and titratable acidity. Enumeration of the total fungal species was carried out by pour plate...
by admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Biology
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Proximate analysis helps in determination of the major constituents of feed and it is used to assess if a feed is within its normal compositional parameters or somehow being adulterated (Jegede A.V 2015) Goat as Small ruminants animal...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT This project work focused on the determination of the PH values of pure water sachet and sample of borehole water found in Benin city, Edo State. The five different pure water sample analyzed include ages, Maria, Faith, Mark, Uniben and Uncle Sam....
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT This study was on oxidative stress status of rat fed with Pentraclethra macrophylla, otherwise known as African oil bean seed oil in English or Ugba in Igbo. Sixteen male rats were distributed into four groups. 1 (control), then group 2, 3, and 4 as test...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
2.1.1 PLANT MATERIALS FOR ANALYSIS Fresh mature plants of Acalypha wilkesiana were collected from the natural habitat in October within Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria. The plant was authenticated in the Department of Botany, Ambrose Alli...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT This work evaluates the antioxidant potential of Monodora myristica (African nutmeg). Monodora myristica extract was obtained by solvent extraction using n-hexane and used as treatment on freshly prepared crude palm kernel oil and palm oil. Equal volume of...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Herbs An herb is a plant that is valued for flavor, scent, medicinal or other qualities other than its food value (John, 2000). They are used in cooking, as medicines, and for spiritual purposes. Herbs have a variety of uses...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
Diabetes mellitus is a disease in which blood vessels of glucose (sugar) are high because the body does not produce or properly use insulin. There are two major forms of diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes develops when the pancreas does not produce insulin. Type 2...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) is one of the very few trees known in the Indian subcontinent (Puri, 1999). This tree belonged to Meliceae family, and grows rapidly in the tropic and semi-tropic climate. It is also observed that this tree could survive in very dry...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT Locally brewed beer (sorghum beer) is an indigenous alcohol average. It is produced mainly from sorghum grain (Sorghum vulgare ) and the process of brewing involves malting, mashing, souring, fermentation and packaging. Locally brewed beer without hops has a...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT Oil extracted from African star apple by continuous extraction process using soxhlet apparatus was subjected to physico chemical and fatty acid profile analysis. Results obtained show that the acid value, lodine value, peroxide value, saponification value,...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT Cyanide is known to be one of the most toxic substances present in a wide variety of food materials that are consumed by animals. One of the cyanide detoxifying enzymes is 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3-MST). Indeed, recent studies have clearly shown...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1.0 INTRODUCTION Nanoscience has been the subject of substantial research in recent years. It has been explored by researchers in various fields of science and technology (Kholoud et al. 2010). The novel properties of...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
CHAPTERONE 1.0. INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1. INTRODUCTION One of the major metabolic enzymes that have gained so much interest of scientists is 3-Mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3-MST). This enzyme occurs widely in nature (Bordo,...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
1.1 Background study Packagingvusing plasticvmaterialsvhas rapidly increasedvin recent times. Its vusevcovers a wide area of applicationvfromvautomobile parts, food, drinks, water, snacks, cloths, fresh and sea foods, vfarm products, vmedicals and...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1.0 Introduction Water is a natural resource and is essential to sustain life. Accessibility and availability of...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT The proximate content; moisture, crude protein, crude ash, crude fat, crude fibre and carbohydrate, of Simarouba glauca were determined, along with other properties to include the glucose and amino acid contents, and the qualitative macromolecular content of...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn (Roselle) is an annual shrub commonly used to make jellies, jams, beverages and used traditionally as a medicinal plant for the treatment of various ailments. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of aqueous...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Enzyme Enzymes are large biological molecules responsible for thousands of chemical inter-conversions that sustain life (Smith, 1997). All known enzymes are proteins. They are high molecular weight compounds made up...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer. It accounts for 60% of all cancer world wide (Melissa 2004). The most significance cause is the presence of cirrhosis. HCC has unique geographic sex, age...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Aquaculture, the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, mulluscs, crustacean and aquatic plant is necessary to meet the protein need of Nigerians. Overtime, there has been increase in fish production in Nigeria. Despite this...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT Nunu is Nigerian locally fermented milk product commonly prepared by Hausa/Fulani cattle rearers. It’s mostly available in the Northern part of Nigeria. It’s production and consumption derives food security and economic benefits to the rural people in the...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT Twenty samples of frozen chicken from five different sellers were analyzed to determine their bacteriological load; the samples were collected from Gwagwalada market. All the frozen chicken samples from the five sellers examined were contaminated with some...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT The study for the production of protease from Aspergillus flavus using wheat bran as substrate under Solid State Fermentation was conducted in University of Abuja, Department of Microbiology.Aspergillus flavus was isolated from spoilt bread and was...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT The aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the leaves of Thymus vulgaris (thyme) and the seeds of Myristica fragrans (nutmeg) were screened for their antibacterial activity and phytochemical constituents. The standard methods used to detect the...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT Cadmium is recognize has a toxicant to both human and it’s environment and recent investigations have shown its level of toxicity in association in liver damage. The aim of study is to determine the effect of calcium tainted water on cadmium induced liver...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT The study examined the various fungal pathogens associated with tomatoes spoilage as well as their preliminary taxonomic grouping up to genus level. 25 samples of the spoiled tomatoes were collected from five locations within Gwagwalada area council....
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW Africa is endowed with so many plants that can be used for medicinal purposes. In fact, out of the approximated 6400 plant species used in tropical Africa, more than 4,000 are used as medicinal plants...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT Elemental analysis is the qualitative detection and quantitative determination of chemical elements (atoms, ions) in a sample (Fritz Pregl 1923). For detecting an element, we should establish an appearance of an analytical signal. The formation of precipitate...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT This study evaluated “the effects of processing methods on the physicochemical properties of sweet potato and sorghum flour”. The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is an important food crop in the tropics and subtropics and belongs to the family...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
CONCLUSION Following the experimental analysis and results the artificial sweetener has a high degree of sweetness than table sugar and honey, a natural sweetener. The percentage of 0.1% and 0.01% artificial sweetener completely mimics the taste of sugar and can be...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the activity of antilipemic water extracts from leaves of Desmodium velutinum albino Wistar rats. Phytochemical analysis of leaf extract showed the presence of tannins, saponins, alkaloids, soluble carbohydrates, flavonoids, reducing...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT The antiviral activities of plant leaves extract of four species, were investigated. The extract were tested for antiviral activities on the host plant (Cocumba) against Moroccan watermelon mosaic virus. Results showed that two plants (Phyllanthus...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT This work was carried out to investigate the chemical properties of the water extract of zobo (Hibiscus sabdariffa) drink using the modern atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Zobo drink is a popular drink in the Nigeria, especially in the northern part of...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
Abstract The study was carried out with aim to isolate Staphylococcus aureus from cow meat and determine the antibiogram pattern of S. aureus. Three samples of cow meat from three different locations (Gwagwalada market, Abattoir market and Kasuan Dare) in Gwagwalada...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT This research investigated the phytochemical and anti-inflammatory properties of methanol extract of Crateva adansonii stem bark. Although several edible and non-edible plants parts are used in inflammatory treatment, many record has been found of the use of...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
1.1 BACKGROUNG OF STUDY 1.1.1 Phyllantus This is a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae. It was first identified in Central and Southern India in 18th century. It is called carry me seed, stone-breaker, wind breaker, gulf leaf flower or gala of wind, (Bharatiya 1992)....
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Bio-Chemistry
ABSTRACT This work evaluates the antioxidant potential of Monodora myristica (African nutmeg).Monodora myristica extract was obtained by solvent extraction using n-hexane and used as treatment on freshly prepared crude palm kernel oil and palm oil. Equal volume of oil...
by admin | Feb 11, 2017 | Accounting
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Business organizations need planning to achieve their aims and objective. It thorough planning in an organization cannot be done without involving the act of budgeting. The management has the purpose of providing a feed – foreword process....
by admin | Feb 11, 2017 | Accounting
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Let us start by defining what a computer is. A computer could be defined as an electronic device capable of accepting data, performing ordered operations on data and reporting on the outcome of these...
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