LONGITUDINAL EVALUATION OF OCIMUM AND OTHER PLANTS EFFECTS ON THE FEEDING BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE OF MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) IN THE FIELD IN TANZANIA

Longitudinal evaluation of Ocimum and other plants effects on the feeding behavioral response of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the field in Tanzania

Abstract Background The use of repellent materials from plants against nuisance insects is common with great potential to compliment existing malaria control programmes and this requires evaluation in the field.Ocimum plant species, Ocimum suave (Willd) and O.kilimandscharicum (Guerke) materials and their essential oils extracted by steam distillat

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Hepatic branch vagus nerve plays a critical role in the recovery of post-ischemic glucose intolerance and mediates a neuroprotective effect by hypothalamic orexin-A.

Orexin-A (a neuropeptide in the hypothalamus) plays an important role in many physiological functions, including the regulation of Tote Bag Patterns glucose metabolism.We have previously found that the development of post-ischemic glucose intolerance is one of the triggers of ischemic neuronal damage, which is suppressed by hypothalamic orexin-A.Ot

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