Advances in Biochemistry

Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2017

  • Biochemical Study of the Effects of Insulin Resistance on Sex Hormones in Men and Women Type-2 Diabetic Patients / Meisan-Iraq

    Adnan Jassim Mohammed Al-Fartosy, Ibrahim Majar Mohammed

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 79-88
    Received: 12 August 2017
    Accepted: 28 August 2017
    Published: 12 September 2017
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    Abstract: Obesity, a case accompanied by increased insulin resistance, is associated with low follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, total testosterone and progesterone and estradiol levels. As there is no scientific report on diabetes complications and its effects on type 2 diabetic patients in the province of Meisan (southern of Iraq), the pres... Show More
  • Removal of Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride from Aqueous Solution by Pomegranate Peel Grown in Alziedab Agricultural Scheme - River Nile State, Sudan

    Mutasim Elhag Elhussien, Maathir Ahmed Abde lraheem, Rashida Mohammed Hussein, Mawia Hassan Elsaim

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 89-96
    Received: 29 July 2017
    Accepted: 24 August 2017
    Published: 13 September 2017
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    Abstract: Removal of Ciprofloxacin (CIP) antibiotic from aqueous solution onto Activated carbon derived from pomegranate peel wastes collected from Alziedab Agricultural Scheme at River Nile state, Sudan as a novel precursorby chemical activation with Potassium Hydroxide (KOH), at specific condition of carbonization temperature at 500°C and 1 hour as a holdi... Show More
  • Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Exopolysaccharides from Yoghurt Starter

    Bachir Raho Ghalem

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 97-101
    Received: 30 May 2017
    Accepted: 27 June 2017
    Published: 18 October 2017
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    Abstract: The in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the exopolysaccharide (EPS) extracted from yoghurt starter were investigated. Antimicrobial activity tests were carried out using disc diffusion methods with Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus D, Proteus spp and the yeast of Candida albicans. The antioxidant properties ... Show More
  • An Overview of the Phytochemical Analysis of Bioactive Compounds in Senna alata

    Funmilayo Adelowo, Oluwole Oladeji

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 5, October 2017
    Pages: 102-109
    Received: 10 September 2016
    Accepted: 13 January 2017
    Published: 18 October 2017
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    Abstract: The major problem man is facing is the growing rate of the activities of microbes. Virtually everything that surrounds man, even his environment are contaminated and polluted with these microbes. The use of medicinal plants for the treatment of bacteria and fungi that caused related diseases gave rise to the introduction of antibiotics or natural d... Show More