ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS ISOLATED FROM BOVINE CERVICAL MUCUS

Purification of antimicrobial factors from human cervical mucus.

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to separate bactericidal proteins from healthy female cervical mucus. METHODS Cervical mucus was collected and dissolved in 1% acetic acid. The antimicrobial activity of acid-soluble extracts was detected by gel overlay assay against Escherichia coli ATCC 43827. The extracts showed considerable amount of antibacterial activity with a clearly visible band. ...

Antimicrobial activity of human cervical mucus.

The antibacterial activity of human cervical mucus (CM) was examined on standardized microbial colonized agar plates (agar diffusion test). In parallel, the lysozyme content of CM was determined by means of a turbidimetric test system in aliquots of the same CM specimens. Suspensions of living lyophilized Micrococcus lysedeikticus were used as bacterial substrate. Testing was performed in a tot...

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacteria Isolated From Bovine Mastitis

Mastitis is an inflammatory reaction of the udder tissue which is caused by the bacterial infection. Bovine mastitis is one of the devastating disease causing huge loss to the dairy industry worldwide. The present study investigated the current status of clinical and subclinical mastitis among dairy cattle in Dharwad district, Karnataka. The prevalence of mastitis was assessed by surf field mas...

Bacillus anthracis isolated from aborted bovine fetuses

Bioactivities of crude mucus proteins from earthworms

– OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the enzymatic anti-oxidative, hemolytic and cytotoxic activities of crude mucus proteins from the two earthworms including Eudrilus eugeniae (African night crawler) and Perionyx excavatus (Blue worm). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The bioactivities were determined by hemolytic activity, cytotoxic activity using HepG2 human hepatocellular carcinoma cells, L-...