Nanochemistry: A Multidisplinary Approach towards Innovations in Agriculture Soils and Improved Yields
Muhammad Junaid Khan, Amina Ashfaq, Yahya Khan, Bibi Zainab, Kinza Bashir, Shahid Nazeer, Asia Bibi, Muhammad Alamgeer, Muhammad Sheeraz Javed
Page Numbers : 323-328
DOI : 10.36348/sjls.2022.v07i11.004
Agriculture has made significant strides recently, and sustainability build on those successes by using a smart strategy that may maintain greater returns and farm profitability without depleting the resources. Furthermore, nano-materials enhance the efficiency of farm production to enable site targeted regulated distribution of minerals, assuring the least amount of agri-input usage while enhancing crop output. Particularly in the agriculture industry, nanoscienceis crucial for agricultural production, food packaging and processing, water purification, nutrition security, and pollution control as well as crop development and plant preservation. NPs display a well-organized antibacterial activity towards bacteria and viruses. Important inorganic NPs with effective pesticide characteristics include silver, aluminum and copper. Chitosan nano-particles, ZnO nano-particles, and silica nano-particles are beneficial for the treatment of virus infection, including the mosaic virus in tobacco, potatoes, and alfalfa. The revitalization of the damaged soil resources may be possible using nano-enabled soil rehabilitation. The toxicity copper in soil is typically linked to soluble free metal ion species like Cu2+, that are easily accessible and extremely hazardous, in traditional forms of higher soil.
Original Research Article
Nov. 10, 2022
Growth Performance, Blood Serum Vitamins and Minerals of Broiler Chickens on Supplemental Moringa Leaf (Moringa oleifera) and Pumpkin Leaf (Telferia occidentalis) Extracts
Erie, G. O, Igene, F. U, Oguntade, D
Page Numbers : 318-322
DOI : 10.36348/sjls.2022.v07i11.003
Extracts of fresh leaves of Moringa leaf (Moringa oleifera) and Pumpkin (Telferia occidentalis) were administered to broiler chickens in a study that lasted for 8 weeks to evaluate the growth performance, blood serum vitamins and minerals of the birds. A total of 210 day-old broiler chicks were randomly allocated into various pens which consisted of 7 different groups (treatments) with each one having 30 birds. Treatment 1 birds served as the control and were offered commercial synthetic multi-vitamins (vitalyte) in their drinking water. Treatment 2 birds had 50ml moringa leaf extract (MLE) per liter of water while Treatments 3 was 50ml pumpkin leaf extract (PLE) per liter of water. Treatment 4 was 100ml MLE and 5, 100ml PLE. Treatment 6 birds had a mixture or a combination of MLE and PLE (50ml MLE+50ml PLE), while treatment 7 was also a mixture of MLE and PLE (100ml MLE+100ml PLE). Commercial broiler starter and finisher feeds were offered throughout the duration of the experiment. Data were collected on feed intake, weight gain, feed conversion ratio and water intake. On the last day, blood samples were collected for serum vitamins and minerals analysis. The results showed that the extracts significantly (P<0.05) affected all the parameters assessed. Growth parameters per chicken; final live weight gain (3044.65g), daily feed intake (97.06g) and feed conversion ratio (1.84) were best in chickens given 100ml/L MLE while other leaf extracts treated birds compared favorably with the vitalyte chickens. Chickens offered moringa and pumpkin leaves extracts had higher concentrations of the assayed vitamins and minerals; vitamins A, C, D and E; potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron except for sodium. It was therefore concluded that extracts of M. oleifera and pumpkin leaves could serve as organic substitutes to the synthetic commercial multivitamins (vitalyte) in broiler chicken nutrition. Also the residual effects of the use of synthetic vitamins will be reduced.
Case Report
Nov. 8, 2022
Giant Parotid Tumor at Nianankoro Fomba Hospital in Ségou: About a Case
B. M. Dramé, B. Samaké, M. Keita, A. N. Coulibaly, M. A. Togo, T. B. Bagayoko, T. Traoré, A. Bah, A Kassogué, S. I. Koné, H. Toungara, D. S. Coulibaly, A. Sanogo, A. Kodio
Page Numbers : 314-317
DOI : 10.36348/sjls.2022.v07i11.002
Parotid tumor is defined as a progressive and abnormal increase in the volume of the parotid due to an excessive multiplication of cells. The diagnosis of tumors is pre, per and postoperative. The treatment is mainly surgical. The objective of this work was to bring out the clinical, para-clinical and therapeutic aspect of parotid tumors. It was Mr D M of Malian nationality, 55 years old, admitted to the stomatology/maxillofacial surgery department of the Nianankoro Fomba hospital in Ségou for treatment of swelling of the right hemiface. The observation of this case relates to a 55-year-old patient who is compatible with the age group of the study conducted by E.S. Diom et al., The average age of the patients was 40 years with extremes of 5 years and 80 years [1]. Parotid tumors are mixed tumors. The latent nature of some of them sometimes makes us see long evolutions, voluminous forms which can evolve into cancerous forms.
Review Article
Nov. 5, 2022
A Review on: Morphological, Phytochemical and Medical Important of Some Wild Euphorbiaceae Poisonous Plants
Dalia, G. Gabr, Ruba AlQahtani
Page Numbers : 299-313
DOI : 10.36348/sjls.2022.v07i11.001
The plants are very important for living organisms, there would be no life on earth if plants did not exist. Furthermore, when animals or humans consume many plants, they can have negative consequences. Plant toxicity is associated with a multitude of chemical toxins such as alkaloids, glycosides, proteins, and amino acids. There are numerous examples of poisonous species present in different families, one of them Euphorbiaceae. Euphorbiaceae is one of the four largest cosmopolitan families of flowering plants with 313 genera and around 8100, species. Morphological, phytochemical properties and medical uses for 11 wild species of Euphorbiaceae growing in Saudi Arabia were collected in this paper. Two species (Euphorbia fractiflexa and Jatropha glauca) don’t have data for its chemical and medical properties and need a lot of study. For the species growing on the Saudi Arabia, all studied species need further study except for Euphorbia granulata and Ricinus communis.
Review Article
Oct. 29, 2022
Recent Advances in Bacterial and Viral Genomics for Cancer Therapy
Mamoon Tajamal, Ambreen Qasim, Qasim Javed, Marium Abdul Majeed, Saba Imtiaz, Mehwish, Taiyyibah Basharat, Shumaila Yousaf, Rasab Javed
Page Numbers : 294-298
DOI : 10.36348/sjls.2020.v07i10.004
Bacterial and viral therapies have gained enough success and attention for biological cancer treatments. There is a need to protect the living tissues of the body that are helpful for activating the immune responses. Many failures are associated with the conservational therapies that render them for the current era of medical sciences. Viral and bacterial genomes have been used for targeting the initial basis of metastasis and inhibiting the growth of cancerous cells. S. pyogenes OK-432 strain showed action against cancerous cells with intact bindings to the proliferative tissues. Phenazine 1-carboxylic acids have anticancer nature and pose a high level of cytotoxicity against the. Salmonella strain (KST0650) showed maximum potential against CT26 cancer cells. Oncolytic biologically and virologically group of the controlled viruses that have been used for tumor treatment. Some critical cancers under medications such as hormone therapy- induced helpful for prolonged life span. Pro-active drugs and combinations of probiotics also prevent the bacteria from synthesizing the protective layer of peptidoglycan.
Review Article
Oct. 27, 2022
Earnings Management, Conceptual Framework and Literature Review: Saudi Arabia as a Case Study
Yasmin Abdulaziz Al-Harby, Bilel Jarraya
Page Numbers : 286-293
DOI : 10.36348/sjls.2020.v07i10.003
This article provides the conceptual framework for earnings management, which begins by presenting the concept of earnings management, then the actions, motives, techniques, measurement, and then the consequences of this practice. This article also presented studies that dealt with earnings management in the Saudi context. This is because the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently witnessed a clear development in companies and changes in accounting systems which in turn provides an opportunity for more research on earnings management in Saudi Arabia. Several studies provide evidence that EM occurs in Saudi companies, and there are many motivations to practice earnings management in Saudi companies.
Original Research Article
Oct. 22, 2022
Bitterleaf (Venonia amygdalina) and Water leaf (Talinum triangulare) in Pullets Nutrition: Effects on Blood Vitamins and Minerals
F. U. Igene
Page Numbers : 281-285
DOI : 10.36348/sjls.2020.v07i10.002
The effect of bitter leaf (Venonia amygdalina) and water leaf (Talinum triangulare) extracts on blood vitamins and minerals composition of pullet birds were investigated. A total of 456 day-old Isa brown pullet chicks were allotted to four dietary treatments in six replicates in a completely randomized design experiment. Aqueous extracts of bitter leaf and water leaf were used as test dietary treatments for the birds. In treatment 1, a commercial multivitamin (vitalyte) was given in water (1g/L) to the birds to serve as the control. In treatments 2 and 3 aqueous extracts of bitter leaf and waterleaf were given at 100ml/L of water, while in treatment 4 mixed bitter leaf and water leaf aqueous extract (50% each in composition) was given. On the last day of the feeding trial, blood samples were collected from the birds for vitamins and minerals analysis. The observed results showed that dietary treatments significantly affected the blood serum parameters. Vitamin A was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in the vitalyte birds. The values ranged from 0.27iu in the bitter leaf birds to 0.37iu in the vitalyte. Vitamin C was more abundant (1.84iu) in the bitter leaf treated pullets and was significantly reduced (1.21iu) in the vitalyte. Vitamin D was significantly (P < 0.05) higher (0.35 iu) in the water leaf as well as vitamin E (10.14iu) while they were highly reduced considerably in the vitalyte administered birds, 0.16 and 4.83iu respectively. On mineral composition, while bitter leaf was the highest Ca (14.24mg/dl) source, K (5.46 mmol/L) and Mg (2.78mg/dl) were highly increased in the water leaf administered birds. Pullets on the control vitalyte had higher Na (132.75 mmol/L) and Fe (1.42g/dl). It can however be concluded that bitter leaf and water leaf as used in this study are potential sources of some vitamins and minerals in pullet chick nutrition.
