Volume 14, Number 1, Year 2023

Xylopia aethiopica is commonly used in central and west Africa to treat various ailments and as food additives with the highest consumption rate among women. The study evaluated the effects of Xylopia aethiopica fruit extract (XAFE) on estrous cycle duration and the histology of kidney, liver, uteri...

Using data obtained from ultrasonography measurement, this study examined the correlation between the sonographic gallbladder and bile duct dimensions with Body Mass Index (BMI) and body surface area among adolescents in northern Nigeria. Four hundred volunteers (200 males and 200 females) ranging b...

This study investigated the effects of pre- and postnatal caffeine ingestion on the frontal cortex of experimental mice. Thirty-two (n=32) pregnant mice (Mus musculus) were divided into four groups: group A control, received distilled water; group B received caffeine- 10 mg/kg body weight; group C r...

Ulcers particularly duodenal ulcers have remained a nagging problem despite the availability of drugs. This implies an uncertainty about a permanent treatment as ulcers are currently being managed. This study investigated the protective and therapeutic effects of unripe and ripe fermented Carica pap...

Food and environmental toxins have increased female infertility in recent years. Dietary monosodium glutamate is ovotoxic. Allium sativum is reputed for its great therapeutic value. Based on this premise, this study attempted to evaluate Allium sativum's potential protective or ameliorative function...

Cardiovascular risk diseases (CVDs), which are among the most difficult health issues, are of global concern in emerging nations. However, among the ethnic minorities in Nigeria, the best screening tools for this nutritional relationship, including the hip and neck circumferences (HC and NC), waist-...

Stature estimation has a significant importance in the field of forensic anthropology. Assessment of the height of an individual, from measurements of different parts of the body, has always been of immense interest to anatomists, anthropologists and forensic experts. Stature is fundamental to estab...

The benefits of dietary supplements like co-enzyme Q10 (CQ10) and omega-3 fatty acids in reducing the burden of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s disease (PD) has recently become the focus of research. Also, because mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage have been linked to th...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of calcium carbide ripened banana on the histological parameters of maternal and foetal liver in Wistar rats. Unripe bananas were subdivided into four groups; with three artificially ripened, using calcium carbide and one ripened via non artificial...

Thies changes in some biochemical parameters of maternal and foetal liver induced by consumption of calcium carbide ripened banana in Wistar rats. Unripe bananas were subdivided into four groups; with three artificially ripened using calcium carbide and one ripened via non artificial means. Experime...

Even though the somatotype gives a gestalt summary of the body physique and composition, by extension, a morphological marker of a predisposition to various illnesses, the somatotype and associated factors in Nigerian type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have not been fully explored. This study aimed to ...

Insulin-resistance and type-2 diabetes are associated with altered cognitive function, both conditions have been linked to neurodegenerative disease which is a progressive impairment in the functionality of the brain usually resulting from loss or death of neurons traceable to multiple causes. The a...

Errors can easily be introduced into anthropometry measurements. The measurer’s confidence may not be equal between same-sex and opposite-sex measuring, hence the need to evaluate and compare errors arising from anthropometric measurement when participants are measured by a practitioner of the sa...

Demonstration of somatic cells (SC) in the last few years been performed commonly by the method of Prescott and Breed. Other advanced techniques have been developed to demonstrate SC. Most of these methods are rather time-consuming and expensive. Demonstrating SC using a more rapid, less expensive, ...

Populations vary genetically and geographically in their craniofacial features, which are largely influenced by race, age, sex, and culture. The aim of this study was to comparatively analyze the craniofacial parameters of the Atyap, Bajju, Chawai, and Ham ethnic groups from southern Kaduna, Kaduna ...

Understanding skeletal relationship in the human body are essential for clinical diagnosis, design of prostheses and biological profiling in forensics. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between the femoral head diameter (FHD) and the intertrochanteric line diameter (ILD) of adul...

Gluteus maximus is a hip extensor, originating from the posterior surface of ilium and inserting on the gluteal tuberosity and ilio-tibial tract. Adductor longus is a thigh adductor which inserts to the middle- 1/3 of linea aspera. Overuse, repetitive use as well as some pathological conditions ma...

Weaning period is a vulnerable phase in which malnutrition can set in and this frequently results in loss of priceless mental abilities and occasionally, physical problems. The current study sought to determine if Nigella sativa oil (NSO) could protect Wistar rats against behavioural and biochemical...

Anthropometric indices of central obesity such as waist circumference, waist hip ratio and body mass index is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) including hypertension (HT) which is itself a risk factor for CVDs. Recent studies suggest that waist circumferenc...

Intensive use of Chlorpyrifos (CPF) especially in developing countries for crop protection and improve yield has been reported to cause neurodegenerative diseases in animal models and humans. Therefore, there is a need to assess the phytotherapeutic potentials of Moringa oleifera in CPF-induced neur...

Thryonomys swinderianus (African grasscutter, AGC) is a breeding species widely spread across Sub-Sahara Africa and recently reported as potential model in neuroscience researches. Striato-pallidal (caudate-putamen, CPu, and globus pallidus, GP) nuclei are subcortical structures that play critical r...

We employed a rodent model to typify histomorphological changes connected to dementia-like symptoms and co-morbid insulin resistance; we examined cortical neuronal density and morphological changes; evaluated amyloid (A?) deposits and probed the association between phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3...

This study evaluated the effects of exposure to constituents of firewood, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas on cardiopulmonary and some anthropometry parameters among women in Samaru area of Sabon Gari Local Government, Kaduna state. 300 female subjects of the age between 18-50 years participate...