Antimicrobial activity of crude extracts and fractions of Vernonia polyanthes Less (assa-peixe) flowers. Vernonia polyanthes, known as “assa-peixe”, is a plant native to Brazil, and the decoction or infusion of its flowers, roots and leaves are used in folk medicine, being considered sources of diuretic, balsamic, anti-rheumatic substances, and are used in cases of bronchitis and persistent cou...

INTRODUCTION General surgery is facing a serious crisis. There has been a significant decline in the number of applicants for registrar posts and an inability to attract and retain general surgical specialists in the state sector. The Association of Surgeons of South Africa (ASSA) undertook this study to determine the extent and cause of the problem. METHODS The study involved a combination o...

As part of an ongoing project, male Brown Norway rats (67 weeks old) were exposed via the intraperitoneal route to either isolated SLG, semi-skimmed or whole milk (coadministered with carrageenan or alum as IgE-selective adjuvants). Sera isolated at various time points were assa ed for PLG-specific rat IgE, performed using H V an,y/or AChE-based ELISAs. Where necessary, single-tailed paired Stu...

Background: Dicrocoeliasis and fascioliasis are foodborne parasitic diseases of the biliary tract, resulting from Dicrocoelium dendriticum Fasciola hepatica causing extensive financial losses serious health problems in ruminants. Due to low-performance medications, drug delivery is a tremendous project improve interventions available for these diseases. Objectives: This study aimed determine an...

this research was conducted to evaluate the effects of adding five levels of ferula assa foetida powder (0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1 percent of diet) on performance, humoral and cellular immune status and cecal microbial population. a total of 200 one-day-old mixed sex ross 308 broiler chicks were randomly assigned to 5 experimental groups with each four replicates and 10 birds in each replicate,...

medical plants are adapted to different kinds of dormancy to survive in the worst situations. regarding to ecological viewpoint, this kind of adaptation is very important in respect to restriction of genetic draft and decrease of genetic resource of medicinal plants. this leads to plant survival even after prolonged drought. since some of them are endangered species and in the other hand increa...

introduction: considering the prevalence of epilepsy and the failure of available treatments for many epileptic patients, finding more effective drugs in the treatment of epilepsy seems necessary. oxidative stress has a special role in the pathogenesis of epileptic syndrome. therefore, in the present study, we have examined the anti-epileptic and anti-oxidant properties of the ferula assa foeti...

Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLN) have been prepared by high-pressure homogenization and optimized in order to protect ferulic acid from Ferula assa-foetida L. extract. The influence of lipid surfactant concentration on the mean particle size (Z-Ave), polydispersity index (PDI), zeta potential (ZP) SLN was analyzed. In addition, other parameters for preparation acid-loaded nanoparticles, such as ...

background quorum sensing is a microbial cell-to-cell communication process. quorum sensing bacteria produce and release extracellular messenger molecules called autoinducers. gram-positive and gram-negative, homoserine lactones, and oligopeptides are autoinducers used to communicate and regulate gene expression. objectives the goal of this study was to assess the impact of subinhibitory concen...