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Evaluation of the anthropometric parameters and fitness levels of prepubertal Indian soccer players.
(1997)Due to the lack of morphological data on prepubertal Indian male soccer players in South Africa, this study was undertaken on ninety male prepubertal subjects. The subjects were divided into three groups of thirty subjects ... -
Evaluation of the efficacy of maslinic acid on malaria parasites in Plasmodium berghei-infected male Sprague-Dawley rats : effects on blood glucose and renal fluid and electrolyte handling.
(2014)Introduction Malaria remains a major socio-economic burden in Africa despite the numerous global efforts to control and manage the disease through prevention and drug intervention. Clinical studies have shown that malaria ... -
Evaluation of the efficacy of Syzygium aromaticum-derived Oleanolic acid on malaria parasites in Plasmodium berghei-infected male Sprague-Dawley rats and effects on blood glucose and renal electrolyte handling.
(2014)Introduction Malaria continues to be one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide even though the disease is treatable. This is as a result of malaria parasites developing resistance to current antimalarial ... -
Evaluation of the efficacy of transdermal delivery of chloroquine on malaria parasites in Plasmodium berghei-infected male Sprague-Dawley rats : effects on blood glucose and renal electrolyte handling.
(2013)Malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical regions of the world despite the numerous global efforts to control and manage the disease through prevention and drug intervention. An estimated 300–500 ... -
Exercise and type 2 diabetes mellitus : peripheral sensory neuropathy in humans and regulation of blood glucose control in rodents.
(2014)PART ONE A prospective cohort study was conducted on eight previously inactive diabetic volunteers (34 – 47 yr) with a mean pre-trial HbA1c of 7.45 (±1.34) %, who completed an 8-week endurance exercise intervention of ... -
The fate of mycotoxins in non-alcoholic lactic acid maize meal fermentation.
(2003)This study was aimed at investigating the potential of lactic acid fermentation in reducing myco toxin concentration in maize meal products. Maize meal was spiked separately with aflatoxin Bi, fumonism Bi, and zearalenone, ... -
Heart rate response and ECG monitoring in veteran squash players.
(1997)The incidence of sudden death during or after squash play has become a source of concern. In order to screen for coronary artery disease, exercise stress testing has been advocated, by the American College of Sports Medicine ... -
HIV-1 transactivator of transcription (TAT) protein causes neurotoxicity via astrocyte activation.
(2015)HIV is most well-known for its negative effects on the immune system and the resulting development of AIDS, however it also has severe damaging effects on the central nervous system. Many infected individuals exhibit ... -
The immunocytochemical and electrophoretic localisation of aflatoxin B1-binding proteins in isolated liver mitochondria.
(1998)Mitochondria perform functions which are central to the life of most eukaryotic cells. These organelles can be considered the ultimate energy power house of a living cell. The role of mitochondria in cancer phenotype remains ... -
An immunohistochemical evaluation of the effect of salt (NaCI) on adrenal adrenomedullin content in Dahl rats.
(2003)Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a 52 amino acid vasodilator peptide isolated, in 1993, from human pheochromocytoma. It has been demonstrated in the adrenal medulla of several mammalian species, including humans and rats. There ... -
The interrelationship of dietary cholesterol, copper and zinc on plasma lipids and tissue copper and zinc levels in the rat.
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The interrelationship of dietary cholesterol, copper and zinc on plasma lipids and tissue copper and zinc levels in the rat.
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Investigating changes to the insulin signalling pathway in a diet-induced pre-diabetic rat model: effects on selected markers.
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An investigation into the apoptotic inducing effect of fusaric acid on human lymphocytes and its role in cell growth inhibition.
(2003)Fusaric acid (FA) (5-butylpicolinic acid) is a divalent ion chelating agent that has low affinity for Ca2+ and Mg2+ and a high affinity for other essential metal ions such as Fe2+ Mn2+, Zn2+ and Cu2+. Its mode of action ... -
An investigation into the chemopreventive properties of an indigenous herb, Amaranthus lividus, using cancerous cell lines.
(2005)Chemoprevention may be defined as the inhibition, delay or reversal of carcinogenesis by dietary compounds or their derivatives. "Imifino" is a collective name for many wild plants used predominantly by rural people as ... -
The kind of society required for human flourishing : a critical comparison of the formation of ethical character in Aristotelian and African ethics.
(2005)One thing that ethics attempts to determine is the right way to live in order to attain human flourishing. Both Aristotelian and African ethics give us communitarian accounts of how flourishing is attained by individuals ... -
Mycotoxins in food with particular reference to fumonisin B1 : their health impact on a Kranskop rural community, KwaZulu Natal.
(1998)The use of the multi-mycotoxin screen based on dialysis to analyze foods and feeds for mycotoxins, is well documented. This study investigated the possibility of incorporating FB I into the screen. Maize meal (25g) was ... -
The occurrence and detection of aflatoxin-macromolecular conjugates in humans.
(1998)Aflatoxin Bi (AFBi), a highly toxic fungal metabolite (mycotoxin) of certain strains of Aspergillus, has long been known to be carcinogenic in animal species. Accumulation of epidemiological evidence led to its classification, ... -
The optimisation of a preeclampsia-like L-NAME rat model : a focus on utero-placental dysfunction.
(2014)Preeclampsia is a multi-system pregnancy syndrome characterized by the sudden onset of hypertension, escalated proteinuria and in some cases oedema usually after 20 weeks of gestation. Preeclampsia is further categorized ... -
Optimisation of an analytical method for the analysis of folic acid derivatives in biological materials.
(2007)Folic acid is a water-soluble, B-complex vitamin influencing a number of biological processes in humans and particularly important in the prevention of neural tube defects (associated with spinal bifida) in unborn children. ...