The Pharmacobiochemical Effects of Ethanol Extract of Vahl Leaves in Rattus Norvegicus.

Purpose: This study evaluated the biochemical effects of ethanol leaves extract on Wistar rats and also shed light on its constituents and phytonutrients.

Methods: The ethanolic extract of leaves was prepared using conventional methods. Then, proximate and phytochemical analyses of the extracts were carried out using several methods previously reported in the literatures.

Effect of Aqueous Extract of Leaves and Its Combination with Leaves on Essential Biochemical Parameters of Phenylhydrazine-Induced Anemic Rats.

Background: Moraceae and Euphorbiaceae leaves have been used separately in traditional medical practice to treat different ailments, of which anemia is one. This study aims to evaluate the effect of and on hepatic, renal parameters and oxidative stress of phenylhydrazine-induced anemic rats.

Methods: Thirty-five rats were randomized into seven groups (A-G) of five rats each.

Comparative analysis of anthropometric indices of obesity as correlates and potential predictors of risk for hypertension and prehypertension in a population in Nigeria.

Background: Obesity is a well-established independent risk factor for hypertension and other cardiometabolic disorders. However, the best anthropometric index of obesity that predicts or associates strongly with hypertension and related conditions remains controversial and inconclusive.

Objective: This study compared the performance of eight anthropometric indices of obesity: body mass index (BMI), ponderal index (PI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), waist-height ratio (WHtR), body adiposity index (BAI) and conicity index (CI) as correlates and potential predictors of risk of hypertension and prehypertension in a Nigerian population, and also the possible effect of combining two or more indices in that regard.