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Evaluation of the in vitro antibacterial activity of the solvent fractions of the leaves of Rhamnus prinoides L’Herit (Rhamnaceae) against pathogenic bacteria
BACKGROUND: Medicinal plants play great roles in the treatment of various infectious diseases. Rhamnus prinoides is one of the medicinal …
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Symbiotic Performance of Diverse Frankia Strains on Salt-Stressed Casuarina glauca and Casuarina equisetifolia Plants
Symbiotic nitrogen-fixing associations between Casuarina trees and the actinobacteria Frankia are widely used in agroforestry in particular for salinized land …
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Genome-wide identification of potato long intergenic noncoding RNAs responsive to Pectobacterium carotovorum subspecies brasiliense infection
BACKGROUND: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) represent a class of RNA molecules that are implicated in regulation of gene expression in …
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First record of tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Tanzania
Pest invasion has been a disruptive phenomenon in nature, the consequence being ecological and economical negative effect in natural ecosystem …
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Antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter isolates from small scale and backyard chicken in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Thermophilic Campylobacter species are a major cause of bacterial foodborne diarrhoea in humans worldwide. Poultry and their products are …
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Apparent competition drives community-wide parasitism rates and changes in host abundance across ecosystem boundaries
Species have strong indirect effects on others, and predicting these effects is a central challenge in ecology. Prey species sharing …
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Degeneration of aflatoxin gene clusters in Aspergillus flavus from Africa and North America
Aspergillus flavus is the most common causal agent of aflatoxin contamination of food and feed. However, aflatoxin-producing potential varies widely …
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The Biotechnology of Ugba, a Nigerian Traditional Fermented Food Condiment
Legumes and oil bean seeds used for the production of condiments in Africa are inedible in their natural state; they …
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Salicornia strobilacea (Synonym of Halocnemum strobilaceum) Grown under Different Tidal Regimes Selects Rhizosphere Bacteria Capable of Promoting Plant Growth
Halophytes classified under the common name of salicornia colonize salty and coastal environments across tidal inundation gradients. To unravel the …
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Traditional medicine practices among community members with diabetes mellitus in Northern Tanzania: an ethnomedical survey
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a growing burden in sub-Saharan Africa where traditional medicines (TMs) remain a primary form of healthcare in …
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Cytotoxicity of methanol extracts of 10 Cameroonian medicinal plants towards multi-factorial drug-resistant cancer cell lines
BACKGROUND: Cancer chemotherapy is still hampered by clinical failures due to multi-drug resistance (MDR) of tumor cells. In the present …
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Striga Biocontrol on a Toothpick: A Readily Deployable and Inexpensive Method for Smallholder Farmers
Striga hermonthica (witchweed) is a parasitic weed that attacks and significantly reduces the yields of maize, sorghum, millet, and sugarcane …
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Drone exposure to the systemic insecticide Fipronil indirectly impairs queen reproductive potential
A species that requires sexual reproduction but cannot reproduce is doomed to extinction. The important increasing loss of species emphasizes …
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Plant-Mediated Effects on Mosquito Capacity to Transmit Human Malaria
The ecological context in which mosquitoes and malaria parasites interact has received little attention, compared to the genetic and molecular …
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Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Burji District, Segan Area Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: An ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants was conducted in Burji District, Segan Area Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities …
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Identification and Verification of QTL Associated with Frost Tolerance Using Linkage Mapping and GWAS in Winter Faba Bean
Frost stress is one of the abiotic stresses that causes a significant reduction in winter faba bean yield in Europe. …
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The role of traditional health practitioners in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: generic or mode specific?
BACKGROUND: Traditional health practitioners (THPs) play a vital role in the health care of the majority of the South African …
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Systematic review of brucellosis in Kenya: disease frequency in humans and animals and risk factors for human infection
BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a debilitating zoonotic disease affecting humans and animals. A comprehensive, evidence-based assessment of literature and officially available …
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The anti-arthritic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant activity and relationships with total phenolics and total flavonoids of nine South African plants used traditionally to treat arthritis
BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress predisposes the human and animal body to diseases like cancer, diabetes, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis and chronic …
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DNA barcoding and surveillance sampling strategies for Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in southern India
BACKGROUND: Culicoides spp. biting midges transmit bluetongue virus (BTV), the aetiological agent of bluetongue (BT), an economically important disease of …