PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILING AND ANTHELMINTIC POTENTIAL OF EXTRACTS OF SELECTED TROPICAL PLANTS ON PARASITES OF FISHES IN EPE LAGOON

Phytochemical profiling and anthelmintic potential of extracts of selected tropical plants on parasites of fishes in Epe Lagoon

Abstract This research aims to study the anthelmintic properties of selected five (5) tropical plant extracts, ascertained margin of fish host safety in reference with praziquantel, a commonly used chemo-therapeutics.Qualitative and quantitative analysis of Alligator pepper seeds (Aframomum melegueta), Moringa leaves (Moringa oleifera), Neem leaves

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On the Bias in Confirmatory Factor Analysis When Treating Discrete Variables as Ordinal Instead of Continuous

Confirmatory factor analysis is some of the most widely used statistical techniques in the social sciences.Frequently, variables (i.e., items) stemming from questionnaires are analyzed.Two competing approaches for estimating confirmatory factor analysis can be distinguished.First, ordinal variables could be treated as in the case of continuous vari

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Déjà vu experiences in healthy subjects are unrelated to laboratory tests of recollection and familiarity for word stimuli

Recent neuropsychological and neuroscientific research suggests that people who experience more déjà vu display characteristic patterns in normal recognition memory.We conducted a large individual Replacement Part differences study (n = 206) to test these predictions using recollection and familiarity parameters recovered from a standard

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Emerging nanomaterials for novel wound dressings: From metallic nanoparticles and MXene nanosheets to metal-organic frameworks

The growing need for developing reliable and efficient wound dressings has led to recent progress in designing novel materials and formulations for different kinds of wounds caused by traumas, burns, surgeries, and diabetes.In cases of extreme urgency, accelerating wound recovery is of high importance to prevent persistent infection and biofilm for

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