This study investigates the most common urinary tract infection bacteria and their sensitivity to antibiotics and some essential oils from Egyptian plants. The Urinary tract bacteria were sampled from patients expressing any symptoms of urinary tract infection except those taking antibiotics. The bacteria were isolated, cultured, and identified. 64 bacterial isolates were identified as E.coli (...

Article Type Research Article Authors Roohbakhsh A.* PhD, Esmaeili H.1 BSc, Asami Z.1 BSc, Arab Baniasad F.1 MSc, Shamsizadeh A.1 PhD, Rezvani M. E.2 PhD

Larvae and adults of certain species of predator lady beetles feed on pollen, guaranteeing their survival, and at times, reproduction in the absence of preferred prey. Palynology, therefore, may contribute in the investigation of botanical families visited by these predators in order to obtain this floral resource. There are records of the visitation of Apiaceae flowers by Coleomegilla maculata...

Ursolic acid is a triterpenoid compound in the plant kingdom and has important biological functions. In this study, ursolic contents of nine herbs including Anethum graveolens (dill), Camellia sinensis L. (green tea), Lepidium sativum (garden cress), Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil), Petroselinum crispum (parsley), Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary), Salvia (sage), Thymus vulgaris (thyme) Urtica d...

Crosslinking methods have been used to improve the properties of soy protein-based films for various applications, such as meat packaging. Some crosslinking that reported in literature include boiling milk, baking protein isolates, adding canola and sorghum proteins, incorporating Plantago major seed mucilage Anethum graveolens essential oil, pine needle extract (PNE), montmorillonite citric ac...