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Assessment on the Toxic Effects of Chemically Synthesized SPIONs against Model Organisms
The remarkable physicochemical properties of nanomaterials have attracted researchers due to the numerous applications in the field of chemistry, biology, and physics. Despite the various applications, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) are harmful to living organisms and to the environment as they are released without any safety ...
Chellapan Justin +8 more
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Studies on wood litter decomposition sometimes show conflicting results. While low temperatures and humidity during winter in temperate climates are reported to halt the activity of decomposing agents, in the warmest and wettest tropical regions of the Far East, peat accumulates on the forest floor, indicating that the decomposition process is not ...
Putu S. Putra +4 more
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Published as part of Hernández-García, Luis Manuel, Sousa, Sandriel Costa, Ferreira, Carmen & Rousseau, Guillaume Xavier, 2023, An annotated checklist and distribution of earthworms from Venezuela (Megadrili: Crassiclitellata), pp.
Hernández-García, Luis Manuel +3 more
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Metagenomic Exploration of Bacterial Community Structure of Earthworms’ Gut
Living organisms are naturally bestowed with unique and imitable qualities for maintaining ecological balance and earthworms are no exceptions. These so-called keystone species of terrestrial ecosystems are equipped with wonderful machinery, allowing ...
Samrendra Singh Thakur +4 more
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Aims. Current research aimed to explore the therapeutic values of different earthworms as antibacterial, anticoagulant, and antioxidant agents. Methods. Ten different earthworms, i.e., Amynthas corticis, Amynthas gracilis, Pheretima posthuma, Eisenia fetida, Aporrectodea rosea, Allolobophora chlorotica, Aporrectodea trapezoides, Polypheretima elongata,
Rozina Ghulam Mustafa +13 more
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Anthelmintic Agents from African Medicinal Plants: Review and Prospects
Soil‐transmitted helminthiasis affects more than 1.5 billion people globally and largely remains a sanitary problem in Africa. These infections place a huge economic burden on poor countries and affect livestock production, causing substantial economic losses and poor animal health. The emergence of anthelmintic resistance, especially in livestock, and
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Crescentia cujete is an economical and medicinal plant of wide indigenous uses including hypertension, diarrhea, respiratory ailments, stomach troubles, infertility problems, cancer, and snakebite. Despite these attributes, C. cujete is largely underutilized, notwithstanding the few progresses made to date.
Fatai Oladunni Balogun +2 more
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Vermin biotechnology is an eco‐friendly technique and economically beneficent process to mitigate organic waste. India’s agro‐industrial sector contributes colossal wealth of plant materials in the form of compost. The present study aims to publicize soil healthiness and its plant growth supplying possessions further corroborating the use of organic ...
Rouf Ahmad Mir +4 more
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Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg) BRDF0317, 60 individuals, purchased from bait shop, Brasília-DF (S15°52'7.72", W47°56'51.26"), 14 February 2019, C. Ussuki, C. C. Niva, colls. Taxonomical notes: This species is not normally found in natural conditions in Brazil, and is usually sold in bait shops from local breeders.
Ferreira, Talita +8 more
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EXPRESSION OF ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN IN THE EARTHWORM EUDRILUS EUGENIAE
The earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae, commonly called as “African night-crawler” is a segmented animal which is divided into three major segments such as anterior, clitellar and posterior segments. The earthworm has enormous ability to regenerate the autotomized or lost body parts.
Sudhakar Sivasubramaniam +3 more
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