| evaluation of the pathogenicity and virulence of yersinia species isolated in edo and delta states of nigeria. | sixteen isolates of four species of yersinia comprising five of yersinia enterocolitica and yersinia fredricksenii, four of yersinia intermedia and two of yersinia kristensenii isolated from domestic and wild animals in villages in edo and delta states, nigeria, were evaluated for their pathogenicity using laboratory animal models and virulence characteristics tests which included autoagglutinability, calcium dependency for growth, heat-stable enterotoxin production and conjunctivities in guinea ... | 1993 | 8026357 |
| pharmacognosy and hypotensive evaluation of ficus exasperata vahl (moraceae) leaf. | there is already a literature report on the anti-ulcer effect of water extract of ficus exasperata. some communities in edo and delta states of nigeria use the decoction of the leaf as hypotensive crude drug. verification of this claim and also the microscopy and other pharmacognostic parameters which can be used to establish the identity of the leaf were carried out. the microscopy of the leaf powder revealed the presence of straight walled epidermal cells, cone or nail shaped trichomes or epid ... | 2007 | 18323249 |
| immunohistochemical detection of her-2/neu overexpression in breast carcinoma in nigerians: a 5-year retrospective study. | objective: to determine the pattern of her-2/neu status among breast carcinoma in the university of benin teaching hospital, benin city, nigeria. materials and methods: immunohistochemical staining for her-2/neu was performed on 10% formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded primary carcinoma of the breast from 83 patients, between 2003 and 2007 using anti-her-2/neu rabbit polyclonal antibody (dakocytomation, ca, usa) and reactivity detected by an avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase method. the clinicopathol ... | 2011 | 22037080 |