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Volume 56, Issue 289, January, 2020

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This research was to determine the histological effect of monosodium glutamate (MSG) on the cardiac muscle fibres of adult albino rats. Thirty (30) albino rats were divided into five (5) groups (A-E) of six rats each at random and administered orally with aqueous solution of MSG daily. Group A served as the control group and received normal saline. Group B served as the low dose group and received 4mg/kg body weight of MSG for 28 days. Group C served as the high dose group and received 8mg/kg body weight of MSG for 14days, while group D served as the high dose group and received 8mg/kg body weight of MSG for 28 days and group E served as the high dose group and received 8mg/kg body weight of MSG for 28 days and allowed for another 28 days post treatment to observe for reversibility, persistence or delayed occurrence of any toxicity. The aqueous solution of MSG was at the concentration of 80g/litre daily for the periods of fourteen (14) days and twenty-eight (28) days respectively. At the end of the experimental period, the animals were anaesthetized using chloroform, sacrificed and the heart was carefully removed and weighed before fixing in 10% formalin. The heart tissue was then processed for paraffin sectioning. Administration of MSG to rats showed a significant (p < 0.05) increase in the thickness of myocytes, width of extracellular spaces and muscle fibers discontinuity with severity increasing with doses and time of exposure.

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ENGINEERING

Integration of Oil Palm Fibre for remediation of Crude Oil Polluted Soil Environment

Ukpaka Chukwuemeka Peter, Okwu Newman Osinakachukwu

The research work was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of the oil palm fibre for remediation of crude oil polluted environment of loamy soil.

Discovery, 2020, 56(289), 1-15

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SCIENCE

Crude oil remediation in selected soil environment of Niger Delta Area of Nigeria

Okwu, Newman Osinakachukwu, Ukpaka, Chukwuemeka Peter

A pilot study was conducted on three different soil type contaminated with crude oil using the application of bio-simulation to examine the effect of the stimulant on the rate of degradation of the crude oil by the indigenous microbes

Discovery, 2020, 56(289), 16-25

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New derivatives of phenolic compounds as index of olive oil quality

Shaker M Arafat, Marwa A Abd-Elfatah, Aml M Tageldeen

The purpose of this study was to carried out identify of some bioactive derivatives of phenolic compounds as evidence of the quality of olive oil

Discovery, 2020, 56(289), 26-35

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MEDICINE

Histological and Morphometric Studies of the Effect of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) on the Cardiac Muscle Fibres of Adult Albino Rats

Kingsley A. Okon, Akpan U. Ekanem, Gabriel D. Edem, Martha Orendu Attah

This research was to determine the histological effect of monosodium glutamate (MSG) on the cardiac muscle fibres of adult albino rats.

Discovery, 2020, 56(289), 36-43

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ARTS & HUMANITIES

Indian Trains & the Persistence of the Communal Holocaust as Portrayed in Films by the Indian Diaspora: An Analysis of the Film Train to Pakistan by Pamela Rooks

Manju Sharma

Indian trains are the mode of transportation for the common masses in India. Trains also harbor the culture of mobility. They represent a microcosm that is representative of the common Indian population.

Discovery, 2020, 56(289), 44-49

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Tantra teaching in Bali

Relin DE

The concept of Tantra developed in Bali come from the principles of Shiva and Shakti. Shiva is the passive aspect and Shakti is the active aspect

Discovery, 2020, 56(289), 50-58

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SCIENCE

Effect of pollution due to human activities at Naka dam Benue State, Nigeria

Joseph T Utsev, Oloche R Ekwule

This study aims at determining the pollution effect of human activities at Naka dam Benue State Nigeria in order to ascertain the level of water quality of the dam

Discovery, 2020, 56(289), 59-65

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AGRICULTURE

Growth performance traits of meat-type chicken progenies from a broiler line sire and Nigerian indigenous chickens’ dams reared in southern guinea savanna condition of Nigeria

Amao SR

The genetic improvement in animal breeding could either through selection or breeding methods and the inherit potential of Nigerian indigenous chickens could further improved through these tools

Discovery, 2020, 56(289), 66-73

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