8 Papers
B Kurfi is an academic researcher from College of Health Sciences, Bahrain. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Chemistry. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications.
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Association of hypertension and activity of angiotensin converting enzyme in malaria patients attending Sheik Muhammad Jidda General Hospital, Kano State, Nigeria
AM Abdulazeez,M Ya'u,B Kurfi +2 more
TL;DR: There was a significant association between the activity of ACE and hypertension in malaria infection, showing that ACE might play a significant role in the outcome of malaria.
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Plant responses to metals stress: microRNAs in focus
TL;DR: The importance of plant miRNAs and their role in mitigating metal toxicities is reviewed and the specific advances that have occurred as a result of the identification and validation of several metal stress-responsive mi RNAs are discussed.
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Pre-clinical efficacy of African medicinal plants used in the treatment of snakebite envenoming: A systematic review
Auwal Adam Bala,Mustapha Mohammed,Saiful Hi. Umar,Marzuq A. Ungogo,Mohammed Al-Kassim Hassan,Umar Sharif Abdussalam,Mubarak Hussaini Ahmad,Daha Umar Ishaq,Dillos Mana,Abubakar Sha’aban,Abubakar Ibrahim Jatau,Murtala Jibril,B Kurfi,Ismaila Raji,A. S. Ringim,Kabiru Abubakar Gulma,Sani Malami,Godpower Chinedu Michael,Basheer A. Z. Chedi +18 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors conducted a systematic review to evaluate the relationship between interventional medicinal plants and their observed effects on venom-induced experiments and reported statistically significant percentage protection (40-100%) of animals against venom induced lethality compared with control groups that received no medicinal plant intervention.
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Non-compartmental toxicokinetic studies of the Nigerian Naja nigricollis venom
Auwal Adam Bala,Sani Malami,Yusuf Muhammad,B Kurfi,Ismaila Raji,Sanusi Muhammad Salisu,Mustapha Mohammed,George Oche Ambrose,Murtala Jibril,Jacob A. Galan,Elda E. Sánchez,Basheer A. Z. Chedi +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) approach to study the toxicokinetic parameters in rabbits, following a single intramuscular (IM) administration of Northern Nigeria Naja nigricollis venom.
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CRYOPRESERVATION OF PRIMARY SPLENOCYTES FROM ANTIBODY PRODUCED MICE AGAINST Bitis arientans SNAKE VENOM
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used immunization against Bitis arientans snake venom in mice according to World Health Organization guidelines and found the LD50 of poison toxicity to be 1.8mg/kg and Elisa analysis showed mice 2 and 6 to elicited highest immune response with IgG Concentration 3.1µg/ml and 4.6 µg/m, respectively.