BACKGROUND Patients with influenza virus infection can develop severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) which have a high mortality. Influenza virus infection is treated worldwide mainly by neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs). However, monotherapy with NAIs is insufficient for severe pneumonia secondary to influenza virus infection. We previously demonstrated that mice infect...

Coconut ( Cocos nucifera L.) is an important cash crop for Asia, Africa and tropical America. The coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae) a major pest, inflicting heavy damage to fruits, thereby reducing yields farmers profitability . Previous research has demonstrated that high contents of sesquiterpenes compounds present in the essential oil Vitex gardneriana Schauer (Lam...

A simple co-presipitation method has been developed to synthesize SrWO4 and Ag°-SrWO4 micro/nanostructures with different morphologies, including platelet-, star- and flower-like, in the presence of Na(B(C6H5)) as surfactant. The formation of platelet-, star- and flower-like shapes of particulate system was examined by electron microscopy technique. The products were characterized by X-ray diff...

A modified seed-mediated approach using a chiral co-surfactant as capping ligand has been developed for the synthesis of intrinsically gold dog-bone-shaped nanoparticles. The shape anisotropy at edges was found to play crucial role in driving optical activity these nanostructures, reported by Jatish Kumar and co-workers their Research Article (e202300461). intense plasmonic chirality observed v...

Kencur ( Kaempferia galanga L.) rhizome ethanol extract contains a lipophilic compound of ethyl p-methoxycinnamate. Self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS) formulation can increase the solubility in water. The purpose this study was to determine effect surfactant combination on kencur SNEDDS system. formulations were carried out by selecting ratio Tween 80:Span 80 and 80:Chremophor R...

This investigation describes for the first time application of carbenoxolone electrophoretic deposition (EPD) different carbon materials, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and their composite films. Carbenoxolone is a versatile biosurfactant, which adsorbs on materials due to its amphiphilic structure allows charging dispersion. Moreover, exhibits film-forming properties, are investigated in exper...

A novel nanowire-structured polypyrrole-cobalt composite, PPy-CTAB-Co, is successfully synthesized with a surfactant of cetyltrimethylammounium bromide (CTAB). As an electro-catalyst towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline media, this PPy-CTAB-Co demonstrates a superior ORR performance when compared to that of granular PPy-Co catalyst and also a much better durability than the comme...

in this study, magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (fe3o4) with the size range of 20-30 nm were prepared by the modified controlled chemical co-precipitation method from the solution of ferrous/ferric mixed salt-solution in alkaline medium. in this process polyethylene glycol was used as a surfactant to prevent the solution from agglomeration. the prepared magnetic nanoparticles were characterize...

Nanoemulsions have small droplet size and are kinetically stable colloidal systems. These the thermodynamically isotropic system in which two immiscible liquids mixed to form a single phase by means of appropriate surfactant co-surfactant. Nanoemulsion sizes fall typically range 20-200 nm shows narrow distribution. They enhanced functional properties comparison conventional emulsions. The compo...