Amniotic membrane (AM), the innermost layer of the fetal membranes, has been widely employed in the surgical reconstruction and tissue engineering. Expression of the antimicrobial peptides such as defensins, elafin and SLPI which are essential elements of the innate immune system results in antibacterial properties of the AM. Preservation is necessary to reach a ready-to-use source of the AM. H...

A glycine-mediated mixed-solvothermal approach has been proposed for the synthesis of novel Cu(2)O structures with different morphologies and the morphology effect on the antibacterial activity of the obtained Cu(2)O crystals has been studied, confirming that the obtained Cu(2)O crystals all show good antibacterial effects and that with the morphology of the Cu(2)O crystals changing from cubic ...

Leptadenia reticulata of Asclepidaceae family is a shrub, originally property of Petroleum ether, Alcohol & Chloroform extract of L. reticulata. The antimicrobial testing was carried out by "Disc diffusion method". Amongst the tested three extracts, chloroform extract showed high antimicrobial activity against E. coli, alcoholic extract showed high antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aer...

Lactoferrin (Lf), a member of the transferrin family of iron-binding proteins, is now known to have a number of properties, including antibacterial activity towards a broad spectrum of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. The mechanism of the antibacterial activity of Lf is complex and involves beside iron-chelation, direct action on bacteria and/or the activation of the immune system. Lac...

Background: Various herbal products are being tried to treat common ailments. Such a trend is witnessed in dentistry also. gall extract of Quercus infectoria has been found to possess antibacterial properties against some common oral pathogens. Aim: to assess the antibacterial property and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIc) of gall extract of Quercus infectoria against Enterococcus faecalis...

Objective: Little knowledge is available on the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of Coccina grandis fruits and no study has reported on its cell proliferative property. The aim of this study was to examine the antimicrobial, antioxidant and cell proliferative property of fruits of C. grandis. Material and Methods: Fruits of C. grandis were extracted using water; ethanol and acetone by c...

Polypyrrole-chitosan nanocomposite (PPy-CTN) was synthesized by dispersion polymerization of PPy in presence of CTN. Preparation of spherical PPy nanoparticles that were successfully covered with a thin layer of chitosan was confirm by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) technique. Characterization techniques also revealed the presence of CNT in the polymer matrix and its presence was confir...