Myopia is a common cause of impaired vision and visual disability and highly prevalent eye disease in Pakistan. It is multi factorial disease and 19 loci identified up to date. Seven myopic families w ... Read More
The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) type-II. A cross-sectional observational study was carr ... Read More
One hundred and five hospital strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from in-patients and out-patients were examined for sensitivity to heavy-metal ions i.e. cadmium and mercury. Strains were also ... Read More
A randomized control trial was conducted to determine the effect of intra-articular (IA) sodium hyaluronate (Na-HA) in controlling the pain related to knee osteoarthritis. The study conducted at the S ... Read More
We determined MELD scores in patients of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) with liver cirrhosis. All patients (n=85) had MELD scores on the basis of laboratory values of serum creatinine, serum ... Read More
The present study is designed to investigate the efficacy of the most common dietary component fenugreek (seed powder) consumption on dietary dyslipidemia and its comparison with atorvastatin. Twenty ... Read More
Omega-3- fatty acids found in flaxseed is good for maintaining brain health as about 60 percent of the brain consists of lipids (fats) which make up the lining, or cell membrane, of every brain cell. ... Read More
The complexes of Fe (III) have been synthesized by pH- metric titration using ?- sitosterol as a ligand. ?sitosterol reacted with Iron chloride in 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4 molar ratio to give metal compl ... Read More
A field experiment was performed to assess the accumulation and translocation of Copper, Iron, Manganese and Zinc in Radish. The vegetable was taken from Malir, Sharafi Goth. The land was irrigated wi ... Read More
In the present work total reducing strength or phenolic compounds in leaf extract of Conocarpus erectus and Nerium indicum were determined and then Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were synthesized by us ... Read More
Thymoquinone is a principal and active ingredient of Nigella sativa (Black seed). In the present research its complexation with Cr(VI) has been studied using cyclic voltammetry. Mentioned electrochemi ... Read More
Size variation and surface structure of pods and seeds of Bauhinia racemosa are described. The immature and developing fruits of B. racemosa are twisted strap like dark green, and photosynthesizing. T ... Read More
Salinity and heavy metals are two important aboitic stress factors for maize crop. The present study was conducted to assess the interactive effects of salinity and two heavy metals (Cd and Cu), separ ... Read More
An experiment to study “the response of different timing factors on wild olive seedlings by using various grafting methods” was conducted at Pakistan Oilseed Development Board (PODB), Khyber Pakhtunkh ... Read More
A new trematode Strigea qadri sp.n. parasitizing Egretta alba (Linneaus) Great Egret or Large Egret syn. Ardea alba (Ciurea, 1927) is described in present study. Strigea qadri sp.n. is characterized i ... Read More
A new species Episthmium bilqeesae (sp.n.) is described from avian host Egretta garzetta. The new species is characterised by having: different size and shape of the body, number of collar spines (24) ... Read More
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antimicrobial potential of Amaranthus viridis (Chowlai) and Cannabis sativa (Bhang) against clinically important bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebs ... Read More
In the present study, the effect of gamma irradiation on the micro flora and shelf life of carrots (Daucus carota L) were studied. The samples were subjected to various irradiation doses 1.0, 1.5 and ... Read More
Vitamin C in different juice samples, including fresh and packed juices, was investigated. The melting temperature of vitamin C is above 100 °C suggesting that boiling of vegetables does not destroy v ... Read More
The study was carried out to investigate the effect of gamma irradiation on storage quality and shelf life of mangoes. Mature green mangoes (local variety, Sindhi) were taken from fruit market and irr ... Read More
The antibacterial and antioxidant activity of Andrachne cordifolia was evaluated by preparing its extracts in petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and water and using agar well diffusion and dilution ... Read More
The Anti-nutrient composition of food grade flour produced from African breadfruit (Treculia africana) seeds under modulated roasting variable conditions was studied. The study was designed to test th ... Read More
The high catalytic activeness of Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles makes it one of the most important and promising semiconductor oxide material, good gas-sensitive characteristics, di-electricity ... Read More
The silver nanoparticles that have been studied in this research were produced by low cost chemical reduction method. X-ray diffraction was used for estimation of particle size of silver nanoparticles ... Read More
During the past decade, the use of pesticides in agriculture has dramatically increased which is becoming a major threat to human health. This study was conducted to investigate the pesticide residues ... Read More
The present study has been conducted to investigate the microstructure and elemental analysis of cow’s milk by applying scanning electron microscopy (SEM) using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (E ... Read More
Organochlorines (OCs) are known to have antiestogenic and estrogenic characteristic in vitro and in vivo. The most significant and considerable influence of estrogen in the development of breast cance ... Read More
Hypertension is a foremost public wellbeing setback. Though many nutritional factors shake the threat of developing hypertension. Certain studies suggest that ingesting of breakfast cereal and occurre ... Read More
The fruit-, brood- and seed–size and seed packaging cost have been investigated in Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. by studying 100 pods from each of the three mother trees. The length of pod from the thre ... Read More
Genetic engineering (GE) is often termed as gene manipulation or recombinant DNA technology with all three often used interchangeably--implying to the manipulation and alteration of the genetic make-u ... Read More
The genus Echinostoma Rudolphi, 1809 is worldwide in distribution. It was erected to accommodate termatodes recovered from birds, fishes, reptiles and mammals. The genus Echinostoma is a well-establis ... Read More
In the present studies three Bacillus thuringiensis isolates viz. BT-64, BT-16 and BT-14 alone and in combination with three different fertilizers namely urea, Di--ammonium phosphate (DAP) and potash ... Read More
An investigation was conducted to find the length-weight relationship in Epinephelus diacanthus belonging to the family Serranidae along Pakistan coast. For this purpose, 201 fish samples of various l ... Read More
In the present work three species of the Genus Pteronemobius Jacobson and Bianchi of sub-family Nemobiinae, family Gryllidae, are described on the basis of male sound producing structures i.e. tegmina ... Read More
Sterilization at the time of manufacturing is important step in production of disposable syringes. It removes harmful microbes present on disposable syringes. Dry heating, autoclave, ethylene oxide an ... Read More
Pesticides Biosal, Deltamethrin and Lambda cyhalothrin were used for the determination of total protein contents and GOT, GPT activity and inhibition in Hermolaus modestus. Observations showed that LC ... Read More
Plants are the major source of nutrition and medicine in the world. In this regard a survey was carried out in Tehsil Jatlan, Mirpur District, Azad Jammu & Kashmir to explore ethnobotanical potent ... Read More
In the investigated area, Puna Hills, District Bhimber, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a total of 100 plant species belonging to 52 families were recorded. Among these, single species of family Pinaceae repr ... Read More
The present study recorded the vascular Flora of Landi Kotal Valley, Khyber Agency. The whole area was surveyed during the year 2012-2013 and a total of 94 plant species distributed in 85 genera and 4 ... Read More
The research area consisted of 16 wild plant species belonging to 11 genera of the Family Brassicaceae were collected from different localities of the research area. In which four plant species were b ... Read More
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