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Effect of Momordica charantia on lipid profile and oral glucose tolerance in diabetic rats
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1573, 2004)
In this study, the methanol extract of Momordica charantia fruit extract was administered to diabetic rats to
assess the long term effect of the extract on the lipid profile and the oral glucose tolerance test. Treatment ...
Stochastic models for sunshine duration and solar irradiation
(Elsevier Science Ltd: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/969/description#description, 2002)
Abstract
Harmonic analysis of sunshine duration and solar irradiation measured at Sebele, Botswana is carried out. The data used consists of the monthly averages and the Julian-days averages of sunshine duration and solar ...
Deltamethrin in sediment samples of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Water SA Pretoria; Water Research Commission; http://www.wrc.org.za/, 2006-10)
Deltamethrin concentrations were determined in 35 sediment samples collected from three different habitats: channel, lagoon and pool sites from Xakanaxa in the Okavango Delta, NW Botswana. The samples were Soxhlet-extracted ...
Influence of sodium adsorption ratio on sodium and calcium breakthrough curves and saturated hydraulic conductivity in soil columns.
(Csiro, http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/84.htm, 2007)
The paper examines the effects of electrolyte concentration and sodium adsorption ration (SAR) on the relative saturated hydraulic conductivity (RHC) and the ionic behaviour of calcium (Ca) and sodium (Na) ions in the Na-Ca ...
Natural resources accounting: A tool for water resources management in Botswana
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/413/description#description, 2007)
Natural Resource Accounting (NRA) has become an important environmental/natural resources management tool in recent years. It
provides information on stocks of a resource available at a particular point in time and what ...
Preventive and protective effects of wild basil in ethanol-induced liver toxicity in rats
(British Journal of Biomedical Science. http://www.ibms.org/index.cfm?method=publications.british_journal, 2007)
In the present study, preventive and protective effects of
Ocimum gratissimum in ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity are
assessed in albino rats. A methanol extract of O. gratissimum
leaves is prepared, with a yield of 3.5% ...
Environmental change and sustainability issues in the Kalahari region
(Elsevier Science Ltd, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622855/description#description, 2003)
The collection of papers in this special edition of the Journal of Arid Environments is a
sequel to a Workshop held in Maun, Botswana, in October 2000, on the theme
Climate Change, Biodiversity and Multi-species Production ...
Examination of Blepharis aspera as a possible Cu–Ni indicator plant
(South African Journal of Science, 2007)
BLEPHARIS ASPERA WAS COLLECTED FROM A
copper–nickel mineralized area in Botswana
and examined as a possible Cu–Ni indicator
plant for biogeochemical prospecting. Different
plant parts and the host soils were analysed
using ...
Diprenylated chalcones and other constituents from the twigs of Dorstenia barteri var. subtriangularis
(Elsevier Ltd; www.elsevier.com/locate/phytochem, 2003)
The twigs of Dorstenia barteri var. subtriangularis yielded three diprenylated chalcones: ( )-3-(3,3-dimethylallyl)-50-(2-hydroxy-3-
methylbut-3-enyl)-4,20,40-trihydroxychalcone, (+)-3-(3,3-dimethylallyl)-40,50-[2000-(1 ...
Diterpenoids from the stem bark of Croton zambesicus
(Elsevier Science Ltd. www.elsevier.com/locate/phytochem, 2002)
Three clerodane diterpenoids, crotozambefurans A, B and C were isolated from the stem bark of Croton zambesicus together with
the known clerodane crotocorylifuran and two trachylobanes: 7b-acetoxytrachyloban-18-oic acid ...