M. O. Aremu, Ipuole Emmanuel Achuri, S. C. Ortutu, Mary Omolola Omosebi, A. Usman, O. J. Oko, L. Labaran
{"title":"Lipid Composition of Germinated and Non-Germinated Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Found in Nasarawa State, Nigeria","authors":"M. O. Aremu, Ipuole Emmanuel Achuri, S. C. Ortutu, Mary Omolola Omosebi, A. Usman, O. J. Oko, L. Labaran","doi":"10.18483/ijsci.2541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18483/ijsci.2541","url":null,"abstract":": Sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ) is an underutilized oil-bearing seed found in Nigeria. The fatty acid, phospholipids and phytosterols composition of germinated and non-germinated seed of Sorghum bicolor were evaluated using standard analytical techniques. The result showed that the most concentrated fatty acids (%) found in the geminated and non-germinated oils were linoleic acid (41.16, 59.45), oleic acid (33.80, 23.05), palmitic acid (18.20, 10.68) and stearic acid (2.35, 1.72). The fatty acids composition of the germinated and non-germinated oils contained a healthy mixture of all the types of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. The polyunsaturated/saturated index (P/S) was 2.12 % and 3.82 % for germinated and non-germinated oils, respectively. The most prominent phospholipids (mg/100 g) found in the germinated seed oil was phosphatidylcholine (23.86) followed by phosphatidylethanolamine (9.22) and phosphatidylinositol (9.08) while the most prominent in the non-germinated seed oil was phosphatidylcholine (32.39) followed by phosphatidylethanolamine (13.03) and lysophosphatidylcholine (13.07). The high value of phosphatidylcholine showed that Sorghum bicolor may help in protecting the liver from disease and hepatitis. The total phytosterols for germinated and non-germinated were (45.93 mg/100 g and 56.69 mg/100 g), respectively. This suggests that Sorghum bicolor lipid is a good source of food supplement or dietary and health benefits to human.","PeriodicalId":14423,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sciences","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82224774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quadratic Residuacity: Intro to Advance Number Theory","authors":"Maher Ali Rusho","doi":"10.18483/ijsci.2639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18483/ijsci.2639","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14423,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sciences","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83026763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Progress in the Treatment of Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome","authors":"H. Hui, Jun Yu Li","doi":"10.18483/ijsci.2579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18483/ijsci.2579","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14423,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sciences","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78083316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexis Javier Nava-Vazquez, Juan Luis Ignacion de la Cruz, Juan Manuel Sanchez-Yañez
{"title":"An Ecological Strategy to Reduce and Optimize Nitrogenous Fertilizer in the Growth of Solaneum lycopersicum","authors":"Alexis Javier Nava-Vazquez, Juan Luis Ignacion de la Cruz, Juan Manuel Sanchez-Yañez","doi":"10.18483/ijsci.2620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18483/ijsci.2620","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14423,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sciences","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86061049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thompson Chinedum Irunkwor, Alexander Amechi Odagwe, B. Atalor
{"title":"Chemical and Radiological Risk Assessment of Uranium in Surface and Groundwater in Ogoni Land, Rivers State, Nigeria","authors":"Thompson Chinedum Irunkwor, Alexander Amechi Odagwe, B. Atalor","doi":"10.18483/ijsci.2581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18483/ijsci.2581","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14423,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sciences","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85425271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Cosic, U. Kuhar, U. Krapež, B. Slavec, D. Cosic, I. Loncarevic
{"title":"De Novo Designed Peptide to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Interaction with ACE2 Receptor on Host Cells","authors":"I. Cosic, U. Kuhar, U. Krapež, B. Slavec, D. Cosic, I. Loncarevic","doi":"10.18483/ijsci.2558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18483/ijsci.2558","url":null,"abstract":": COVID-19 pandemic, which has made havoc in the World, is caused by single stranded RNA virus SARS-C0V-2. This virus attacks cells by interacting with Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor on the surface of host cells. Using the Resonant Recognition Model (RRM), we have designed six de novo peptides which are proposed to prevent this interaction. Peptide preselection has been by standard Inhibitor Screening Assay Kits and one of the designed peptides (CovA) has been proposed to be a good candidate for testing on cell lines. Using Vero E6 cell line, peptide CovA has shown ability to significantly prevent interaction between SARS-CoV-2 virus and ACE2 receptor. Thus, the designed peptide CovA could provide the basis for development of new COVID-19 drugs. In addition, these results are supporting the RRM model ability to design peptides with desired biological function.","PeriodicalId":14423,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sciences","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88686636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Review","authors":"Valdecir Carlos Tadei","doi":"10.18483/ijsci.2608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18483/ijsci.2608","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14423,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91375148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapeutic Effects of Kv7 Channel Activator Retigabine against Seizures and Neurodegeneration in Kainic Acid-Induced Seizure Model","authors":"Xiaobo Zhuang","doi":"10.18483/ijsci.2598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18483/ijsci.2598","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14423,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sciences","volume":"117 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79455764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adjaratou Basse, Donatien Kaboré, Mamadou Salif Sow, Seynabou Momar Fall, E. Dieme, F. Diallo, Magatte Fall, Mamoudou Hama Dicko
{"title":"Influence of Mechanical Shelling on the Microbiological and Physico-Chemical Quality of Souna Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and its Derivatived","authors":"Adjaratou Basse, Donatien Kaboré, Mamadou Salif Sow, Seynabou Momar Fall, E. Dieme, F. Diallo, Magatte Fall, Mamoudou Hama Dicko","doi":"10.18483/ijsci.2573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18483/ijsci.2573","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14423,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sciences","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76687946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Okorie, Jessica Chioma OJUKWU, Samuel A. FASOGBON, Uchenna Oyibe OKEKPA, Adebukola Adisa Ekoh-Jolly, Cyril A. EGBO, Sumbola A. ADEYINKA, Samuel Ehiremen, Odinaka Kingsley OBETA, Ibukun Akinsola OMISAKIN, Adekunle Oluwatosin ADELUWOYE
{"title":"Modification of Periodic Acid Schiff and Haematoxylin Van Geison Solutions with Ethanol and Ethyl Acetate Wood Extract of Erythroxylum","authors":"N. Okorie, Jessica Chioma OJUKWU, Samuel A. FASOGBON, Uchenna Oyibe OKEKPA, Adebukola Adisa Ekoh-Jolly, Cyril A. EGBO, Sumbola A. ADEYINKA, Samuel Ehiremen, Odinaka Kingsley OBETA, Ibukun Akinsola OMISAKIN, Adekunle Oluwatosin ADELUWOYE","doi":"10.18483/ijsci.2567","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18483/ijsci.2567","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14423,"journal":{"name":"International journal of sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88162568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}