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  1. A study was conducted to determine the co-infection of Trichomonas vaginalis and HIV infection prevalence and its risk factors among prison inmates in Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. A total of 350 inmates (280 mal...

    Authors: Queen Ozioma Lawrence, Anthonia Nnenna Chuks Amadi, Chinenye Okosa, Paulinus Obeten Ikpi and Blessing Chigozie Chukwuemeka

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:35

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  2. Chemicals have deleterious effect on the environment. The wide use of nanomaterials as products for plant protection, fertilizers, and also in water purification leads to the release of these materials to the ...

    Authors: Wafaa A. Mohammad, Safaa M. Ali, Nasser Farhan and Shimaa Mohamed Said

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:34

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  3. Liver is the vital organ of the human body responsible for nutrition, immunity, and metabolism. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is an environmental pollutant that causes hepatotoxicity. This study aimed to evaluate t...

    Authors: Shimaa Elmasry and Mahmoud Moawad

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:33

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  4. Fluoride may induce oxidative stress and apoptosis. It may also lead to neurobehavioural defects including neuromuscular damage. The present study aimed to explore the effects of sub lethal concentrations of s...

    Authors: Sidra Perveen, Shalu Kumari, Himali Raj and Shahla Yasmin

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:32

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  6. African catfish Clarias gariepinus introduced to India has gravitated into the Ganga River as an invasive species. Morphological plasticity and reproductive adaptation are considered and reported as important man...

    Authors: Atul K. Singh, Abubakar Ansari and Sharad C. Srivastava

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:30

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  7. The study was conducted to assess the characterization, differentiation, and in vitro cell regeneration potential of canine mesenteric white adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSCs). The tissue ...

    Authors: Anirban Mandal, Ajeet Kumar Jha, Dew Biswas and Shyamal Kanti Guha

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:29

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  8. Sexual dimorphism in metabolic and oxidative stress markers of Clarias gariepinus and Heterobranchus longifilis found in southwest Nigeria was investigated. C. garepinus and H. longifilis broodstock weighing 2.54...

    Authors: Olatunji Abubakar Jimoh, Christie Oluwatosin Raimi, Ebenezer Temitope Adebayo, Bolaji Fatai Oyeyemi and Matthew Ayobami Odedele

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:28

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  9. In some localities of the Mediterranean coast and the Nile land region, the gall midge Schizomyia buboniae Frauenfeld, 1859 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) induce small barrel-shaped galls on the stem of Deverra tortuos...

    Authors: Mohamed Kamel, Ahmed S. Bream, Mohamed M. Moursy and Sanad H. Ragab

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:27

    Content type: Research

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  10. The uses of botanical pesticides in pest management are currently on remarkable increase due to their efficacy, biodegradability, environment-friendly, and availability. Ethanol extracts of three spices (Piper gu...

    Authors: Juliana Amaka Ugwu, Olajumoke Yemisi Alabi and Olawale Julius Aluko

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:26

    Content type: Research

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  11. The use of X-ray irradiation in the control of the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) infesting stored maize was tested at 60, 70 and 80 KeV as part of the international conc...

    Authors: Sobifagha Princess Bell-Gam, Luke Chinaru Nwosu, Kayode David Ileke and Uwaoma Otuodichinma Aguwa

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:25

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  12. Iroko gall bug, Phytolyma fusca Walker, is a major insect pest of Milicia excelsa (Iroko) seedling hampering its propagation in West Africa. Milicia excelsa is an indigenous forest timber tree in the tropical rai...

    Authors: Juliana Amaka Ugwu

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:24

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  13. Despite evidence of neurotoxicity, cisplatin is still considered the most potent drug prescribed in human chemotherapy for a broad spectrum of malignancies. The objective was to evaluate the cerebellar cortex ...

    Authors: Azza Attia, Cecil Matta, Reda ElMazoudy and Hanan Khalifa

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:23

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  15. Dotillid crabs are introduced as one common dwellers of sandy shores. We studied the ecology and growth of the sand bubbler crab Scopimera crabricauda Alcock, 1900, in the Persian Gulf, Iran. Crabs were sampled m...

    Authors: Sana Sharifian, Vahid Malekzadeh, Ehsan Kamrani and Mohsen Safaie

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:21

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  16. The present study assessed the growth and mortality parameters of the white sardine, Escualosa thoracata which is having high local demand. The white sardine gained importance due to its taste, and high demand in...

    Authors: Udai R. Gurjar, Suman Takar, Milind S. Sawant, Ravindra A. Pawar, Vivek H. Nirmale, Anil S. Pawase, Sushanta K. Chakraborty, Karan K. Ramteke and Tarachand Kumawat

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:20

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  17. Nine species of Chironomus evolved throughout the world were measured for their divergence with regard to their DNA sequences concerning 18S rRNA since it is conserved for a specific species. With the advancement...

    Authors: Sanjay Kumar Dey, Swapna Bhaduri and Trilochan Midya

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:19

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  18. More than 20,000 species in the superfamily Apoidea have been identified worldwide. This superfamily includes the most important group of insect pollinators that contribute to the integrity of ecosystems.

    Authors: Mohamed A. Shebl, Faten Ben Abdelkader, Leila Bendifallah, Karima Benachour, Ali A. Bataw, Emsaed M. Bufliga, Mohamed A. Osman and Soliman M. Kamel

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:18

    Content type: Review

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  19. Although the apple snail Pila globosa is used as indicator species for human consumption locally and as fish feed, research on it in general is very scanty. It is used in food industry, in aquaculture as fish bai...

    Authors: Falguni Panda, Samar Gourav Pati, Abhipsa Bal, Shivangi Mathur, Ramalingam Nirmaladevi and Biswaranjan Paital

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:17

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  21. Domestic mites are a primary source of allergens indoors all over the world. Extracts of mite allergens are important for diagnosing and treating mites allergy. The effective cultivation processes play a criti...

    Authors: A. M. Ammar, E. A. El Zayyat, A. E. Khayyal and N. A. Elleboudy

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:15

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  22. Malaria is still a vital global health issue. The greatest disease burden is in sub-Saharan Africa. A. aspera is one of the medicinal herbs commonly used traditionally. The continuous resistance of Plasmodium fal...

    Authors: Mary Matawal Mankilik, Ishaya Yohanna Longdet and Carrol Domkat Luka

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:14

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  23. Isopods shape features are sensitive and respond to several selective pressures which may result in variations of these features. These pressures might reflect the heterogeneity of the environment where an ani...

    Authors: Tarek G. Ismail

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:13

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  24. The mitigating effect of Ananas comosus (pineapple juice) extract on an aluminum-induced testicular toxicity in male Wistar rats was examined in this study. Thirty healthy adult male Wistar rats with an average w...

    Authors: Bankole J. Leko, Solomon T. Olawuyi and Lawrence U. Okon

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:12

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  25. Land use can exert a strong influence on the abundance, diversity, and community composition of soil macro-fauna. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of four land use types on the abundance and di...

    Authors: Belayneh Bufebo, Eyasu Elias and Emana Getu

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:11

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  26. Rice is the agricultural commodity with the third highest worldwide production and losses in rice storage due to insect pests may drastically affect the food availability for a large number of people. One of i...

    Authors: Sekar Kanmani, Lokesh Kumar, Rajasingh Raveen, Samuel Tennyson, Subramanian Arivoli and Manickkam Jayakumar

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:10

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  27. Circadian disruption is often associated with aggravation of atherosclerosis; however, the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying atherogenic initiation in normolipidemic diet remains unclear. Most of the st...

    Authors: Kavita Shirsath, Apeksha Joshi, Aliasgar Vohra and Ranjitsinh Devkar

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:9

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  28. This study evaluated the effect of Jatropha curcas seed oil against adult American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, a mechanical disease vector, using three bioassay methods to determine the repellent activity, ...

    Authors: Peace Mayen Edwin Ubulom, Clement Ameh Yaro and Unyime-Abasi Philip Udoh

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:8

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  29. The interest in larvicides of plant origin is generally renewed in vector control because of their safety compared to synthetic larvicides. However, there are concerns about the relative safety dose of these p...

    Authors: Emmanuel Taiwo Idowu, Adedapo O. Adeogun, Luqman A. Adams, Modupe A. Yusuf, Olawale W. Salami, Olakiigbe Abiodun Kanmi, Joseph A. Bello, Ifeoluwa Kayode Fagbohun, Olubunmi Adetoro Otubanjo and Taiwo Samson Awolola

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:7

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  30. Channa punctata, Indian spotted snakehead, has a great economic value in south and south-east Asia being an important protein source for humans. Fish cultures are affected due to various bacterial and viral infec...

    Authors: Vipin Kumar Verma, Om Prakash, R. Shiva Raj Kumar, Kumari Vandana Rani and Neeta Sehgal

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:6

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  31. Mosquitoes are vectors of parasitic diseases such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, yellow fever, and dengue fever among others. They are well known as public enemies for their noise nuisance, biting annoyance...

    Authors: Michael Olarewaju Akintan, Joseph Onaolapo Akinneye and Oluwatosin Betty Ilelakinwa

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:5

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  33. Extensive and indiscriminate use of pesticides gradually destroys the environment (ecosystem), poses serious threats to human health, animal life (especially aquatic), plant forms, soil, water, and also lead t...

    Authors: Samuel U. Ezenwosu, Emmanuel I. Nnamonu, Gregory Ejikeme Odo, Bright C. Ikele and Ogonna C. Ani

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:3

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  34. Sildenafil (Viagra) is widely used for the treatment of erectile dysfunction under various etiologies. Unfortunately, chronic administration of sildenafil negatively affects fertility. The aim of the present s...

    Authors: M. Goweder Fawzia, T. M. Abu El-Nasr and A. A. El-Sayed

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:2

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  35. The aquaculture sector is the biggest consumer of fishmeal and the demand of this ingredient is higher than the production. The replacement of fishmeal from aquafeed is a current research thrust. The replaceme...

    Authors: Chiranjiv Pradhan, Shiba Shankar Giri, Satyandra Nath Mohanty and Khiroda Chandra Nayak

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2021 82:1

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  36. Cholestasis is the major cause of bile acid accumulation leading to liver damage. Chronic infection of worms can modulate the immune response towards T helper (Th)2-related cytokines. The present study aims to...

    Authors: Abeer Mahmoud Badr, Mohamed Farid, Ahmed Abdel Aziz Biomy, Ayman Saber Mohamed, Noha Ahmed Mahana and Sohair Ramadan Fahmy

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:62

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  37. Peptic ulcer is an excoriated area of stomach or intestinal mucosa. Two experimental designs were proceeded: the first aimed. on twenty adult male albino rats, used to study the protective effect of both ranit...

    Authors: Ahmed S. Alazzouni, Elsayed A. Abdel Aziz, Sameh Elnabtity and Areej I. Salem

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:61

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  38. Powders and extracts of Piper guineense seeds and leaves were assessed for insecticidal activities against Callosobruchus maculatus in the laboratory at temperature and relative humidity of 29.6 °C and 75.9%, res...

    Authors: Kayode David Ileke, Jacobs Mobolade Adesina, Luke Chinaru Nwosu and Abimbola Olagunju

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:60

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  39. Aedes aegypti transmits several arboviral diseases of global public health threat such as dengue, zika, and yellow fever. Recently, a series of yellow fever outbreaks have been reported in different parts of the ...

    Authors: Ifeoluwa Kayode Fagbohun, Emmanuel Taiwo Idowu, Abiodun Kanmi Olakiigbe, Amos Tolulope Oyeniyi, Olubunmi Adetoro Otubanjo and Taiwo Samson Awolola

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:59

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  40. Butterflies are considered as bio-indicators of a healthy and diversified ecosystem. Endosulfan was sprayed indiscriminately in large plantations of Kasaragod district, Kerala which had caused serious threats ...

    Authors: K. N. Raghavendra, Kumar Arvind, G. K. Anushree and Tony Grace

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:58

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  41. Feeding strategies assessment of endangered species during food limited seasons is important in order to understand their niche and advise effective habitat management steps. We assessed the four-horned antelo...

    Authors: Ramchandra Meghwal, Chhaya Bhatnagar and Vijay Kumar Koli

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:57

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  42. Scorpion venom is a very complicated mixture of various peptides/proteins which could induce toxicological and pharmacological responses. This investigation was conducted to evaluate the possible pharmacologic...

    Authors: Nahla M. Shoukry, Mohamed L. Salem, Wafaa K. Teleb, Mohamed M. Abdel Daim and Mohamed A. Abdel-Rahman

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:56

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  43. To study the immunomodulatory and protective role of dietary administered purified β-glucan obtained from edible mushroom (Pleurotus florida) in commercial broiler chicken, experimentally challenged with virulent...

    Authors: Gopi Muthusamy, Siddhartha Narayan Joardar, Indranil Samanta, Devi Prasad Isore, Barun Roy and Tapas Kumar Maiti

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:55

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  44. The zebrafish is the system of choice in developmental biology and genetics in the recent years. Zebrafish genetics is improving, and this opens up new ways to understand genetic mechanisms. The zebrafish (Danio ...

    Authors: Brindha Durairaj and Madhumitha Dhanabal

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:54

    Content type: Review

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  47. This study investigated the effect of sublethal concentrations (0.0, 0.3, 0.6, and 1.2 mg·L-1) of herbicide oxadiazon (ODZ) on the activities of Ca2+-ATPase and Na+/K+-ATPase in juvenile Clarias gariepinus.

    Authors: Ndubuisi Stanley Oluah, Bernard Obialo Mgbenka, Christopher Didiugwu Nwani, Ifeanyi Oscar Aguzie, Innocent Chinedu Ngene and Chidimma Oluah

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:51

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  48. Availability of good water source is essential to every community in other to allay the risk of water-borne infection and diseases. In this study, the isolation of parasites and rate of parasitic contamination...

    Authors: I. A. Simon-Oke, O. J. Afolabi and E. T. Obimakinde

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:50

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  49. Bisphenol A (BPA) is used as monomer in polycarbonate synthesis, and it acts as plasticizer in baby and water bottles and the production of epoxy resins which are used as inner coatings of many food and bevera...

    Authors: Hager Mosaad Saad AbdEl-Gwaad, Hanan M. F. Abd El-Wahab, Enas Ali Kamel Mohamed, Eman Hassan Abdel Aziz Sharaf and Amany Abdel Hameid Mahmoud Osman

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:49

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  50. The effects of D-ribose l-cysteine on nicotine-induced testicular toxicity in male Wistar rats were examined in this study. Twenty healthy adult male Wistar rats with an average weight of 200 g were grouped as no...

    Authors: Victor O. Ukwenya, Toluwase S. Olawuyi, Afodun M. Adam and Moses U. Ukwenya

    Citation: The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology 2020 81:48

    Content type: Research

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