July 2019

Cellular energy budget in tropical freshwater fish following exposure to sublethal concentrations of cadmium

Under stressful conditions (toxicity), organisms often try to detoxify by mobilizing available energy sources with costs to various metabolic functions, such as growth or reproduction. Cellular energy allocation (CEA) is a methodology used to evaluate the energetic status and which relates with organisms’ overall condition and response to toxic stress. It consists of the integration of the energy reserves...

Author(s): Ezeonyejiaku Chigozie Damian, Ifedigbo Ikem Innocent , Okoye Charles Obinwanne and Ezenwelu Chijioke Obinna  

September 2019

Effect of lead on the activity of antioxidant enzymes and male reproductive hormones

Environmental exposure to heavy metals such as lead is detrimental to male reproductive system. Lead induced oxidative stress is believed to contribute immensely to male infertility. The study was designed to investigate the influence of environmental lead exposure on the activities of antioxidant enzymes and male reproductive hormones levels in male individuals of Bagega and Kawaye villages of Anka Local Government...

Author(s): S. Rabiu, M. G. Abubakar, D. M. Sahabi and M. A. Makusidi