A 96 well-microtiter plate-ABTS based decolorization assay was developed for the screening of antioxidant activity of various extracts such as food extracts, plasma antioxidants and synthetic antioxidants. Oxidation of ...

Plants have been used for centuries to treat infectious diseases and are considered as important sources of new antimicrobial agents.Artimisiaafrais among medicinal plants traditionally used for treatment of bacterial ...

Rhamnus prinoides (Gesho) is an angiosperm dioecious plant which is used for cash income, as a bittering agent for the preparation of the local alcoholic beverage and medicinal values. Although it has intense use, still ...

Antimicrobial activities, Biological control, LAB, Pathogenic bacteria,

Ranunculus bulbous exhibit ant-inflammatory effect and growth inhibitory activity against a series of pathogenic bacteria and fungus. Protoanemonin was proved to be the main bioactive compound responsible for inhibition ...

The poultry industry is considered one of the most active and continuously growing agri-sectors in the world to fill the gap between demand and requirements of high-quality protein for human consumption. Despite the efforts ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is a pathogenic disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continues to pose a threat to public health across the entire world. Rifampicin (RIF) resistance is ...

Diabetes mellitus is a complex multifactorial and heterogeneous syndrome characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from inadequate insulin secretion or insulin action. Type one diabetes is a chronic inflammatory disease ...

Despite different efforts made to intervene with the deadly nature of HIV/AIDS, all attempts remained unsuccessful due to complexity of the viral host interactions. The solution to HIV-1 pandemic is still to come, thus to ...

Klebsiella pneumoniae found as a common flora in intestinal tract, mouth and skin of humans do not cause disease. However, when the bacterium founds other parts of the body, it is associated with many ...