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To investigate the protective effect of ?-Tocopherol (?-TP) in monosodium glutamate (MSG) induced liver injury in albino rat model. Experimental/Analytical study Place and Duration: Animal House, Isra University Hyderabad from February to September 2013.Subjects and Methods: Sixty albino rats were divided into three groups; Group 1. Controls received 0.9% isotonic saline, Group 2. received MSG orally (3mg/kg), and Group 3. received the MSG orally (3mg/kg) + ?-TP (0.2 mg/kg). Blood samples were collected for liver biochemical assays. The animals were sacrificed, liver tissue, after fixation in 4% formaldehyde, was embedded in paraffin. Tissue sections of 5? thickness were subjected to haematoxylin and eosin staining and were assessed by light microscopy. The data was analyzed on SPSS 21.0 using appropriate statistical tests. A p-value of ? 0.05 was taken statistically significant.Results: The liver biochemical and histological findings reveal statistically significant differences among the controls, MSG and MSG+ ?-TP groups (p=0.0001). Liver enzymes and histology was deranged significantly in MSG group compared to controls and MSG+?-TP group (p=0.0001). The MSG+?-TP group shows less elevation of liver enzymes and derangement in liver histology when compared to MSG group (p=0.001). The histological findings of congestion, inflammatory cell infiltrate, vacuolar degeneration and necrosis were found prominently in MSG group animal. The monosodium glutamate has deleterious effects on liver. It is important to reconsider the monosodium glutamate as a food flavor additive. ?-tocopherol protects against monosodium glutamate induced liver injury.

In this paper we introduced the concepts of fuzzy generalized super continuous mappings and explore some of its basic properties in fuzzy topological spaces.

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We are very happy to announce that from 27th January 2015, Mr. Jiban Shrestha has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Agricultural Sciences. Mr. Jiban Shrestha Currently working as Scientist, Nepal Agricultural Research Council, National Maize Research Programme, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. The appointment of Mr. Jiban Shrestha as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com.

We are very happy to announce that from 20th December 2014, Mrs. Vasudha Vashisht has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. She will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Database Management Systems and Data Structures and Algorithms. Mrs. Vasudha Vashisht currently working as Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, G.D. Goenka University, Gurgaon, India. The appointment of Mrs. Vasudha Vashisht as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal.

We are very happy to announce that from 19th November 2014, Dr. Hadi Saeidi has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Finance Management. Dr. Hadi Saeidi currently working as Head, Department of Accounting, Sama university of Shirvan, Iran. The appointment of Dr. Hadi Saeidi as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal. Please send any expressions of interest to elixirpublishers@gmail.com.

We are very happy to announce that from 31st January 2015, Dr.C.Manikandan has joined the team of Elixir Editorial Advisory Board. He will carry a special responsibility for dealing with manuscripts based on Pathology. Dr.C.Manikandan currently working as Department of Pathology, Gangasaras Diagnostic and Research Centre, Pattukkottai-614601, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India. The appointment of Dr.C.Manikandan as member Editorial Advisory Board strengthens the links and will make it easier for prospective authors to establish contact with the journal.

To investigate hepatoprotective effect of concentrated prune juice extract (CPJ) against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) induced liver injury in albino rat model. Animal House, Isra University Hyderabad from May to December 2012. Subjects and Methods: Forty five albino rats were divided into three groups; Group1. Controls received 0.9% isotonic saline, Group 2. Received CCl4 orally (1.9mg/kg) mixed in olive oil, and Group 3. received the CCl4+CPJ. Blood samples were collected for liver biochemical assays. The animals were sacrificed, liver tissue, after fixation in 4% formaldehyde, was embedded in paraffin. Tissue sections of 5? thickness were subjected to haematoxylin and eosin staining and were assessed by light microscopy. The data was analyzed on Statistix 8.1 using one-way analysis of variance and post hoc test. A p-value of ? 0.05 was taken statistically significant. The liver biochemical and histological findings reveal statistically significant differences among the controls, CCl4 and CCl4+CPJ groups (p=0.0001). Liver enzymes and histology was deranged significantly in CCl4 group compared to controls and CCl4+CPJ group (p=0.0001).The CCl4+CPJ group shows less elevation of liver enzymes and derangement in liver histology when compared to CCl4 group (p=0.001). The histological findings of congestion, inflammatory cell infiltrate, vacuolar degeneration and necrosis are found prominent in CCl4 group. The present study concludes that Concentrated Prune Juice extract showed hepatoprotective effect against carbon tetrachloride induced liver injury.

This experiment was carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources Management, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki in order to evaluate productivity indices of spent lubricant oil-contaminated soil bio-remediated with organic wastes for three (2006 – 2008) cropping seasons. The field was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD). The spent lubricant oil was applied blanket on soil at 5 % equivalent to 50,000 mg kg-1 to all the plots to serve as source of contamination. The organic wastes were burnt rice husk dust, unburnt (fresh) rice husk dust, sawdust and control applied at 20 t ha-1 equivalent to 8 kg ha-1 and replicated five times. Modified Pierce et al. productivity index was used to compute the productivity indices. The modified productivity index entailed use of sufficiencies for bulk density, available water capacity, root weighting factor (RWF), pH and exclusion of sufficiencies for aeration and electrical conductivity. The productivity indices (PI) were highest (P1=0.31, 0.27, 0.27 and 0.27) for oil contaminated soil treated with saw dust (OS), oil contaminated soil treated with unburnt rice husk dust (OU), oil contaminated soil amended with (OS) and oil contaminated soil treated with unburnt rice husk dust (OU) amended plots in 2006, 2007 and 2008 cropping seasons, respectively. These PI were 29, 35 and 80% higher than the control for the three seasons for the respective treatments of OS, OU and OS and OU. The mean productivity indices were (x=0.19, 0.27, 0.24 and 0.27) for control, OU, OB and OS amendments, respectively. Grain yields of maize of 1.72 and 1.70 t ha-1 were obtained for PI of 0.31 and 0.30 for oil contaminated soil treated with saw dust (OS) and oil contaminated soil amended with unburnt rice husk dust (OU) amended plots, respectively. Oil contaminated soil treated with unburnt rice husk dust (OU) (x=27) and oil contaminated soil amended with saw dust (OS) (x=0.27) wastes predicted highly for spent oil contaminated soil amended with organic wastes and could be recommended for bio-remediation of such soil in Abakaliki.

The nutritional value of the reproductive (alates) and non reproductive (workers/soldiers) termites (Macrotermesbellicosus) were evaluated. The result showed that the non-reproductive termites contain moisture (6.62±0.12mg), crude ash (11.35± 0.01mg), crude fat (13.00± 0.14mg), crude protein (14.58±0.15mg), carbohydrate (462.9 ± 0.01cal)and caloric value (362.48±0,01Kcal), vitamin A (16.30±0.11mg), vitamin C(26.00± 0.13). The mineral element concentration in mg/100g in the non reproductive termites were 22.02±0.01, 14.32±0.03, 6.55±0.03, 13.64±0.02, 4.2± 0.02, 2.08 ± 0.03, 7.16±0.01, 5.35±0.02, 21.40±0.01 and 9.12 ±0.11 for Ca, Mg, Na, K, P,Zn, Mn, Cu, Fe and I2 respectively. The antinutrients content in the non- reproductive termite were HCN; 1.93±0.01mg, phytate; 2.80±0.02mg, Tannins; 2.50±0.03mg, Alkaloids; 1.58±0.02mg and; Saponins; 0.20±0.02mg. Comparatively, the results of this study, show that the reproductive termites contain lesser concentration of toxicants but higher proximate, vitamins and mineral compositions than the non reproductive termites. Hence the reproductive termite (alates) has a higher nutritional value than the non reproductive (soldiers/workers) termites.