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Mycorrhiza is an association between the roots of vascular plants and fungus, with a protective role for plants rooted in soils with high metal concentrations, such as acidic and contaminated soils. This study evaluated different pH levels with the inoculation of Mycorrhiza (Glomus deserticola) to ascertain the influence of mycorrhiza

Soil contamination is one of the major environmental challenges affecting farmers and their crops as a result of improper sewage management, industrial waste mismanagement among others. The influence of three species of AMF (Gigaspora sp, Glomus clarium and Glomus mossea) on Maize (Oba super 98 hybrid variety) cultivated on sewage

Background: Obesity is a state of excess storage of body fat. It is currently quantitated by means of the body mass index (BMI), calculated from BMI= height in meters/weight in kilograms squared. However the BMI scale generally correlates with the degree of obesity and with risk. The prevalence of Obesity

Background: Obstetric hemorrhage is one of the four leading causes of maternal death in women during delivery. Thromboembolism, hypertensive disorders, and infection being the other three. Objective: To highlight the efficacy of a simple surgical procedure, during cesarean section in preventing primary postpartum hemorrhage in women who are predisposed to

Background: There is an established relationship between type 2 diabetes and Hypogonadism. Testosterone, the main gonadal steroid in men is lower in diabetic men when compared with healthy subjects. Currently, very few diabetic men with testosterone deficiency are diagnosed and treated worldwide. Knowledge of testosterone levels of patients will reveal

Background: Medical Physiology is an interesting and important course to study at undergraduate and post graduate levels. Medical Physiology is a course that set the space for medical students. The aim of this study is to ascertain the likely factors affecting study of medical physiology amongst undergraduate medical laboratory students.

This study was aimed at obtaining information about the morphological, physical and chemical characteristics of the upland soils of the three selected agricultural zones of the State. Three pedons, one from each agricultural zone, were dug and designated as AUL, BUL and YUL in Argungu, Birnin Kebbi and Yauri agricultural

Background: Microscopy is still used in resource-limited countries for PTB diagnosis because of the challenges associated with the GeneXpert instrument. For these settings, the WHO recommended the replacement of microscopy with TB-LAMP for PTB diagnosis in adults. Evidence supporting this recommendation shows a wide variation in quality and TB-LAMP diagnostic

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