Vol. 8 No. 4 (2011)

Research Papers

• ANTIRETROVIRALS AND THE USE OF TRADITIONAL, COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE BY HIV PATIENTS IN KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY

  Karl Peltzer, Natalie Friend-du Preez, Shandir Ramlagan, Henry Fomundam, Jane Anderson, Lucia Chanetsa

  337-345

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• DISCLOSURE OF THE QUACKERY: TESTING OF THE BACTERICIDAL ACTION OF PRODUCTS BASED ON THE ‘‘HYDRONIC’’ TECHNOLOGY (‘‘INFORMED GLASS’’) ON ATCC STRAINS OF ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS, SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS AND CANDIDA ALBICANS

  Aleksandar Racz, Cipriš Josip, Petrak Olivera

  346-352

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• COMBINATION OF ACUPUNCTURE AND CHINESE MEDICINAL HERBS IN TREATING MODEL RATS WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME

  Rui-Jie Ma, Jue Zhou, Jian-Qiao FANG, Dan-Hong YANG, Fan QU

  353-361

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• ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY OF SOME PLANT FOODS AND BEVERAGES CONSUMED IN THE EASTERN REGION OF NIGERIA.

  Gabriel A Agbor, Philippe Moumbegna, Eunice O Oluwasola, Nwosu U Nwosu, Rex-Clovis C Njoku, Shelly Kanu, Ephraim I Emekabasi, Femi Akin, Amarachi P Obasi, Florence A Abudei

  362-369

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• STRUCTURE, CONTROL AND REGULATION OF THE FORMAL MARKET FOR MEDICINAL PLANTS’ PRODUCTS IN NIGERIA

  Adegboyega E Oguntade, Isaac B. Oluwalana

  370-376

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• MYOSTIMULATING EFFECT OF SESAMUM RADIATUM AQUEOUS LEAF EXTRACT IN ISOLATED GUINEA-PIG TAENIA CAECI CONTRACTILE ACTIVITY

  André B Konan, Augustin K Amonkan, Marie-Louise B Ahui, Guy-Marcel K Bouafou, Léandre K Kouakou, Fidèle Z Kpahé, Jacques Y Datté

  377-385

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• PRELIMINARY PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIMICROBIAL EVALUATION OF THREE MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN NIGERIA.

  Haruna Baba, Adebola Onanuga

  387-390

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• IN VITRO ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF EXTRACTS FROM THE LEAVES OF ABIES PINDROW ROYLE

  D Gupta, R Bhardwaj, R K Gupta

  391-397

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• MANAGEMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA IN RATS USING A FOOD-BASED THERAPY CONTAINING TELFAIRIA OCCIDENTALIS SEEDS

  Chukwunonso E C C Ejike, Lawrence U S Ezeanyika

  398-404

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• CHEMICAL AND ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF A GENUINE CHINESE MEDICINE: ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA KOIDZ

  Jue Zhou, Fan Qu, Yongping Yu

  405-411

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• INVESTIGATION OF THE ANTINOCICEPTIVE AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES OF HETEROMORPHA ARBORESCENS (APIACEAE)

  Mpumelelo Nkomo, Benedicta N. Nkeh-Chungag, Learnmore Kambizi, Eugene Jamot Ndebia, Constance Sewani-Rusike, Jehu E Iputo

  412-419

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• ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANALGESIC AND ANTIPYRETIC EFFECTS OF LEPIDAGATHIS ANOBRYA NEES (ACANTHACEAE)

  Wamtinga Richard Sawadogo, Marius Lompo, Noya Somé, Innocent Pierre Guissou, Odile Germaine Nacoulma

  420-424

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• ANTIFERTILITY EFFECTS OF OLDENLANDIA AFFINIS IN MALE RATS – A PRELIMINARY STUDY

  C R Sewani-Rusike, M. Gundidza

  425-428

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• Comparison of selected secondary metabolite content present in the cancer-bush Lessertia (Sutherlandia) frutescens L. extracts

  Shakira Shaik, Nisha Singh, Ashley Nicholas

  429-434

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• PHYTOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ATRIPLEX SEMIBACATA R .BR. GROWING IN EGYPT

  Wafaa Abdel-Monaem Tawfik, Mona Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Hany Medhat Radwan, Amira Abdel- Azim Habib, Maichel Arten Yeramian

  435-443

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• HAEMOSTATIC EFFECT OF ANKAFERD BLOOD STOPPER® SEEN DURING ADENOIDECTOMY

  Husamettin Yasar, Haluk Ozkul

  444-446

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• MOLLUSCICIDAL EFFECT OF PIPER GUINEENSE

  N C D Ukwandu, A B Odaibo, T G Okorie, O P G Nmorsi

  447-451

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• EVALUATION OF ANALGESIC AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS OF ETHANOL EXTRACT OF FICUS ITEOPHYLLA LEAVES IN RODENTS

  A I Abdulmalik, M I Sule, A M Musa, A H Yaro, M I Abdullahi, M F Abdulkadir, H Yusuf

  462-466

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• EFFECT OF SHEN-QI-DI-HUANG DECOCTION ON REDUCING PROTEINURIA BY PRESERVING NEPHRIN IN ADRIAMYCIN-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY RATS

  Hongyu Chen, Qin Zhu, Xuanli Tang, Man Min, Leqin Jie, Lijing Chen

  467-476

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• DETERMINATION OF PARAMETERS AFFECTING THE USE OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN CANCER PATIENTS AND DETECTION OF PREVALENCE OF USE

  Alpaslan Mayadagli, Atinc Aksu, Fatih Goksel, Erkan Gocen, Eray Karahacioglu, Mahmut Gumus, Yücel Pak

  477-482

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