March 2014

Challenges in conserving and utilizing plant genetic resources (PGR)

The problems of food and income security are of global significance and are further compounded by precedential increase in world population resulting in overexploitation of natural resources and by extension plant genetic diversity. Plant genetic resources (PGR) refer to the heritable materials contained within and among plant species of present and potential value. In the recent past, genetic diversity found in...

Author(s): Ogwu, M. C., Osawaru, M. E. and Ahana, C. M.

March 2014

Heliclobacter pylori associated chronic gastritis: Endoscopic and pathological findings, comparative study

Helicobacter pylori have been established as a major etiologic factor in the pathogenesis of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and in the development of gastric adenocarcinoma and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. This study was conducted on 100 patients. All underwent upper endoscopy, and antral and corpus, and duodenal biopsies were taken. Findings of endoscopic gastritis were observed in 83...

Author(s): Awwad K. A. Alenezy and Taha M. M. Hassan