April 2017

Appraisal of antioxidant capacity and phytochemical screening in aqueous and acetone extracts of vegetables grown in Bhimber AJK, Pakistan

The study was carried out to assess the antioxidant capacity and phytochemical constituents of acetone and water extracts of the vegetables irrigated with fresh and waste water such as Raphanus sativus (Radish), Brassica oleracea capitata (Cabbage), Brassica rapa (Turnip), Coriandrum sativum (Coriander) and Spinacia oleracea (Spinach). A concurrent quantitative investigation of total phenolics, flavonols and flavonoids...

Author(s): Muhammad Aslam Mirza, Faria Nisar, Muhammad Aziz Choudhary, Somia Qayyum , Saeeda Naseem and Farzana Begum

April 2017

Riparin III effect on the development of neural tube embryos of Gallus gallus

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the teratogenicity of Riparin III in embryos of Gallus gallus (domestic) at an early stage of development. This study is unprecedented in the literature. Chicken eggs were used to investigate the morphometry. All the groups were incubated at 37.2 ± 0.1°C and 60 ± 5% relative humidity for 24 h. The embryonic disc was identified and the eggs of the control group...

Author(s): Luciano Souza de Lima, José Maria Barbosa Filho⊃, Stanley Juan Chávez Gutierrez⊃, Roberta Maria Pereira Leite de Lima⊃, Paloma Lys de Medeiros and Eliete Cavalcanti da Silva