BACKGROUND Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) solms is an invasive macrophyte causing serious problems to the network of irrigation and drainage canals in the Nile Delta region. The present study aim to evaluate the potential anticancer and antioxidant activities of Eichhornia crassipes crude extract and its pure compounds. METHODS The macrophyte was collected from El-Zomor canal, River Nile (Egypt)...

In the face of global warming and shrinking resources of fossil fuels the interest in solar energy has increased in recent years. However, the low energy and cost efficiency of current solar cells has up to this date hindered solar energy from playing a major role on the energy market. Photon upconversion is the process in which light of low energy is converted to high energy photons. Lately, t...

Sequential extraction is a useful method of identifying how toxic trace metals bind to soil particles and the strength of these bonds. This is very essential knowledge to reach an efficient soil washing when dealing with remediation of metal-contaminated soil. Sequential extraction uses a succession of extractions on a soil same sample, with extraction liquids expected to promote decreasing mob...

Drug induced nephrotoxicity is one of the most common causes of renal failure. Gentamicin belongs to aminoglycosides, which elicit nephrotoxic potential. Natural antioxidants from plants demonstrate a number of biotherapeutic activities. Coriander is an important medicinal plant known for its hepatoprotective, diuretic, carminative, digestive and antihelminthic potential. This study was designe...