Comparative Study of Carp Pituitary Gland (PG) extract and synthetic hormone ovaprim Used in the induced breeding of stinging catfish, heteropneustes fossilis(Siluriformes: Heterop... by Hossain, Md. Belal, Rahman, Md. Mosaddequr, Sarwer, Md. Golam, Ali, Md. Yusuf, Ahamed, Ferdous, Rahman, Sharmeen, Fulanda, Bernerd, Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Raj Subba, Bharat, Hossain, Md. Yeamin

“…On the other hand, hatching rate was 76.9% in eggs spawned from Ovaprim induced individuals compared to 72.7% in PGE induced fish and the incubation period was also shorter at 3.5 h for eggs from Ovaprim-induced fish while the PGE induced fish eggs required a 5-h incubation period. …”
Get full text

Histopathological study of the effect Of Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali) extract on the prostate of rats by Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi, Mustafa Al-Ahmad, Basma Ezzat, Mustafa, Nazih Shaban, Najmuldeen, Ghazi Faisal, Althunibat, Osama Yousef

“…The rats in group 1 received no treatment, group2 received 5mg/Kg body weight twice daily of 100:1 water extract of Eurycoma longifolia Jack roots,group3 received 10mg/kg body weight twice daily of the same extract .The duration of treatment for both groups was 4 weeks. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Bladder scan vs urethral catheterization for measurement of immediate post partum bladder volume by Ibrahim, Norliza, Nusee, Zalina, Mohd Rus, Razman, Abdullah, Suhaiza, Ismail, Hamizah, Abdulwahab, Dalia F, Awang, Mokhtar

“…Resul : There were a total of 193 women recruited with the mean age of 28.84 years (SD 5.516) with mean BMI of 29.69( SD 5.69) kg/m2 and fundal height of 16cm (SD 2.382 ). …”
Get full text

Reasons of using complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) among elderly Malaysians of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor states: an exploratory study by Mitha, Shahid, Nagarajan , Vimalan, Babar, Muneer Gohar, Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim

“…In terms of safety of CAM, close to three quarters of respondents (n ¼ 178; 69.5%) believed that CAM is safer than allopathic medicine. …”
Get full text

Assessment of extracellular activities of novel microorganisms for biodegradation of palm oil mill effluent (POME) by Alade, Abass O., Jameel, Ahmad Tariq, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Alam, Md. Zahangir

“…The diameter covered by TRQ1 and TRQ2 on gelatin media were 8.5 and 8.0cm respectively, while the spread on cellulose media were 3.5 and 3.25 cm, respectively, on the seventh day. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Effect of concentration of mixed culture of fungi on the biodegradation of palm oil mill effluent by Alade, Abbas O., Jameel, Ahmed Tariq, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Ajani, Ayobami O.

“…The incubation period of effective degradation of POME was found to be 5days.…”
Get full text

Optimum light conditions for eggs incubation and larval rearing of brown-marbled grouper Epinephelus fuscoguttatus by Mohammad Seth, Siti Nasihin, Nai, Han Tan, Rosli, Muhammad Khairulanwar, Mukai, Yukinori

“…The temperature was maintained at 27.5-28.5oC. The larval rearing experiments were also conducted under the same conditions. …”
Get full text

A preliminary study of the psychological differences in infertile couples and their relation to the coping styles by Musa, Ramli, Ramli, Roszaman, Abdul Wahab, Azantee Yazmie, Mohd Bustaman, Siti Khadijah, Mohd Yatim, Hayati, Midin, Marhani, Nik Jaafar, Nik Ruzyanei, Das, Srijit, Sidi, Hatta, Ravindran, Arun

“…However, emotional-oriented coping style was associated with significantly higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress (pb0.05) within the overall sample with odds ratios of 2.5, 3.0 and 1.5, respectively. Conclusion: The study confirms that, as with Western subjects, Malaysian infertile couples demonstrate the vulnerability to psychological distress that occurs more frequently among wives than husbands. …”
Get full text

A pilot study on magnitude and reason for encounter of the patients with oral health problems among three different primary care clinics of Kuantan, Malaysia in 2012 by Tin, Myo Han, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Tun Ismail, Tuan Sahardi, Thuraiapprah, D. M., Yusoff, Azizah, Sulong, Robiatu Adawiah

“…Reasons for consulting OHPs at primary care clinics were non-specific answers same as RFE (56%), easily accessible to services (17%), familiar with general practitioners/family physicians (6.5%), getting emergency treatment for pain release (5%) and co-morbidity with medical diseases (1.3%). …”
Get full text
Get full text

Multiplexing of reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction for Hepatitis C virus genotyping by Hamzah, Hairul Aini, Mustafa Mahmoud, Mohammed Imad Al-Deen, Talib, Norlelawati A.

“…Optimization of one-tube format and multiplex RT-PCR were carried out using Superscript III One-Step RT-PCR System (Invitrogen, USA), targeting the universal 5’UTR and NS5B regions. Results: One-tube format was easily carried out using Superscript III One-Step RT-PCR System (Invitrogen, USA). …”
Get full text

Clinical significance of Helicobacter pylori cagA and iceA genotype status by Mohammad Amjad, Nasser, Osman, Hussain Ali, Abdul Razak, Najibah, Kassian, Junaini, Din, Jeffri, Abdullah, Nasuruddin

“…The corresponding values for iceA2 were 33% (5/15) and 33% (28/84), respectively. CONCLUSION: Virulence factors were not common in our cohort. …”
Get full text

Antileukemogenesis of nypa fruticans on acute lymphoblastic leukemia – a preliminary study in vitro by Mamat, Suhana, Fadzir, Ummu Afifah, Zainudin, Muhammad Fauzan, Rosdi, Athirah, Abdul Wahab, Ridhwan, Hashim, Ridzwan

“…There were significant differences in concentration 12.5, 25 and 50 µg/mL compared to the control group. …”
Get full text

Electrochemical characterization of graphene nanocomposites for development of robust biosensor by Arris, Farrah Aida, Ahmad, Siti Khadijah, Wan Salim, Wan Wardatul Amani

“…The best electroactive surface area was determined according to Randles-Sevcik method, where surface current density of 17.3  0.5 μA mM-1 cm-2 was achieved. The optimized rGO-AuNP/CN-TMOS-GOx exhibits amperometric sensitivity of 1350  15.5 nA mM-1, selectivity of 8.1% and 9.9% over 1mM glucose solution for ascorbic acid and acetaminophen respectively, with a detection limit as low as 2.9 μM. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Anticancer activity of agarwood distillates on lung cancer cells by Hussein, Abeir, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah

“…Two-factor, Face-centred Central Composite Design was used to study the effects of agarwood distillate concentration and time of exposure on attachment (via Trypan blue dye exclusion assay) and cytotoxicity (via MTT assay) of Calu-3 cells cultured in EMEM supplemented with 10% (v/v) FBS. Carried out at three exposure durations (12, 24, and 36 hours), the IC50 values were found to be at concentrations of approximately 20, 80 µL/mL and 150 µL/mL agarwood distillate, respectively, for the Trypan blue dye. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Association of academic stress & performance in continuous assessment among pharmacy students in body system course by May, Khin Soe, Baharudin, Mohamad Sharul Fahmi

“…Females’ PSS in 1st quiz was 38.76±5.56 and male’s was 39.21±5.48 and quiz 2 for female was 38.61±6.27 whereas 40.1± 7.48 in male. …”
Get full text

Lipid modulation activity of garcinia atroviridis extract on 3T3-L1 cell line by Hamidon, Hanisuhana, Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Darnis, Deny Susanti

“…Then, cell viability assay was conducted using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide salt (MTT). …”
Get full text
Get full text

Prevalence, knowledge, perception and factors influencing smoking among primary school students in Melaka smoke-free city by Sabtu, Norma, AB, Noordiana, S, Shameera, Pasi, Hafizah

“…The mean knowledge on smoking were higher (19.5 ±5.6) among those who doesn’t smoke as compare to those who ever smoke (16.9 ±4.2). …”
Get full text

Production of biodiesel from sludge palm oil by esterification using P-toluenesulfonic acid by Hayyan, Adeeb, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Mohd Siran , Yosri, Mohd. Hakimi , Noor Irma Nazashida

“…The study showed that the FFA content of SPO reduced from 22% to less than 0.15% using ratio of 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, and 2% wt/wt PTSA to SPO. After esterification process dosage of PTSA at 0.75% wt/wt shows the highest conversion of FFA to FAME as well as yield of treated SPO. …”
Get full text

The importance and usefulness of corporate annual reports in Malaysia: views of preparers and users by Mohd Ghazali, Nazli Anum

“…These differences were statistically significant at 5% level. Although a higher proportion of users were of the opinion that additional disclosures should be mandated, the proportion was not significantly different from that of preparers.…”
Get full text

The Sea Vault: Offshore Ecotourism Aquaculture Centre At Pulau Besar Johor by Ruslan, Alisufian, Yusof, Zeenat Begam

“…Malaysia is one of the major fish consumers in the world with 56.5kg of fish were consumed per person each year which is higher than the world average fish consumption; below 20kg per capita (Infofish, 2016). …”
Get full text
Get full text