INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INSECT POLLINATORS AND THE ORNAMENTAL TREE, TECOMA STANS (L.)


Benznidazole and amiodarone combined treatment attenuates cytoskeletal damage in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected cardiac cells

Chagas disease (CD), a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, pink chiclets gum is an important public health problem mainly in Latin America, leading to approximately 12,000 annual deaths.Current etiological treatment for CD is limited to two nitro compounds, benznidazole (Bz) and nifurtimox (Nif), both pres

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Toxicity bioassay and sub-lethal effects of diazinon on blood profile and histology of liver, gills and kidney of catfish, Clarias gariepinus

Abstract The catfish, Clarias gariepinus, was exposed to different acute concentrations (5-10 mg/l) of diazinon and the Lc50 value was recorded as high as 7.3 mg/l for 96 hours.The fishes exposed to three sub-lethal orly artificial sweetener levels of diazinon (0.73, 1.095 and 1.46 mg/l) for 30 days showed that the pesticide induces changes in diff

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Trace metal distribution in tissues of cichlids (Oreochromis niloticus and O. mossambicus) collected from wastewater-fed fishponds in East Calcutta Wetlands, a Ramsar site

Background.Metals discharged in wastes from different industries into wetland ecosystems pose a serious threat to the receiving environment.Biotic components grown in the area amass such metals within their body through nutritional uptake and accumulation.The present investigation was carried out to study the extent of accumulation of different was

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