Food poisoning has been emerged as a worldwide health issue and related illness in both developed and developing countries confirms its significance as an important public health priority.In vitro antibacterialevaluationof nine fluoroquinolone derivatives against food borne bacteria including Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli, Yersini...

Food proteins supply organisms not only with the energy needed for survival, but also with bioactive compounds, including food-borne peptides, which are beneficial to health. The beneficial effects of food-borne peptides have led to their proposal as potential nutraceuticals for food and pharmaceutical applications. Peptides with antimicrobial and immunostimulatory activities are among the poss...

Climate and environmental changes are suspected as major determinants that alter the distribution and transmission patterns of certain communicable diseases, especially those transmitted by arthropods, such as ticks (e.g. tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Lyme disease), mosquitoes, (e.g. Chikungunya and Dengue fever), or sandflies (e.g. visceral leishmaniasis). Apart from the effect on the natu...

background: despite of the advances in infectious diseases prevention and food technology, food-borne diseases are considered major problems in developed and developing countries. meat plays a key role in transferring zoonotic diseases to human. objectives: this study was conducted in south of tehran, iran, to investigate the prevalence rate of salmonella spp. in packed and unpacked red meat an...