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ArticlesEffect of Beta vulgaris root extracts in Rayeb milk on its microbiological, chemical and nutritional composition
Abeer, F. Ahmad, Afaf, O. Ali
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) extracts as natural colorant and antibacterial additives in Rayeb milk. Citric acid: ascorbic acid (2:1) (BCA) and citric acid (0.2%) (BC) were used as extraction solvents of…
5 Feb 2025- Articles
Molecular identification and pathogenicity of Ralstonia solanacearum isolates collected from north west of Pakistan
Muhammad Junaid, Ayesha Bibi, Musharaf Ahmad, Muhammad Ali, Yousaf Noor
In the tomato commercial growing districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP); a province in the north west of Pakistan, multiple comprehensive surveys were conducted during 2012. The main objectives of the current study were to identify the Ralstonia solanacear…
5 Feb 2025 - Articles
The antagonistic potential of Trichoderma harzianum against barley leaf-stripe disease
Sherin P. Mekhail, Marwa S. Fouad
Drechslera graminea is the causal agent of leaf-stripe disease in barley leading to substantial crop losses. The current work aimed to investigate the antagonistic activity of Trichoderma harzianum against D. graminea. Pathogen was isolated from the natu…
8 Feb 2025 - Articles
Control of Fusarium wilt of tomato in the greenhouse using silver nanofungicides
Adel K. Madbouly 
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is considered as one of the most economically important vegetable crops in the world. Its production is about 130 million tons, of which 88 million are specified for the fresh markets whereas, 42 million are processed (Anonymous,…
1 Feb 2025 - Articles
Management of date palm root rot diseases by using some biological control agents under organic farming system
Ahmed M.F.A
In the current work an attempt was made to find out the most suitable bioagents that have the ability to protect Date palm cv. Zaghloul (Phoenix dactylfera L.) from some soilborne fungal diseases. Several soilborne fungi were isolated from root rots…
1 Feb 2025 - Articles
Prediction of antigenic epitopes for coat protein of Potato virus Y, Egypt
Seham Abdel-Shafi, Ghaly Mohamed Farouk, Mohamed Taha, Khalid El-Dougdoug
Isolated Potato virus Y Egypt (PVY- EG) obtained from naturally infected potato plants in El-Sharkia, Egypt, was identified by biological, molecular and serological assays. The aims of this study were to predict the antigenic determinants (epitopes) of t…
5 Feb 2025 - Articles
Detection of Cucumber mosaic cucumovirus in infected cowpea plants (Vigna unguiculata L.) from northern Egypt
Mahmoud Hamdy Abd El-Aziz, Hosny Aly Younes
Cucumber mosaic cucumovirus (CMV) was isolated from naturally infected Cowpea plants (Vigna unguiculata L.) showing different symptoms of mosaic; mottle, dwarfing, and vein clearing, grown at certain locations of Alexandria governorate, Egypt, during the…
5 Feb 2025 - Articles
An improved procedure for the isolation of Ribonucleic acid from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Muhanna M. Alshaibani, Noraziah M. Zin, Juriyati Jalil, Anis Rageh Al-Maleki, Nik M. Sidik
Extraction and purification of ribonucleic acid (RNA) from Gram-positive methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is problematic, because the MRSA has a rigid cell wall that contains lipoteichoic acid and peptidoglycan, thus causing difficulty…
5 Feb 2025 - Articles
Leaf extract of Rhizophora apiculata as a potential bio-inducer of early blight disease resistance in tomato plant
Mahalakshmi, Vengadeshkumar, Rajamohan, Sanjaygandhi, Sharmila, A.M
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is one of the most remunerative and widely grown vegetables in the world. Tomato has ranks second next to potato in world acreage, but it has rank first among processing crops. In the present study, tomato plants tr…
5 Feb 2025 - Articles
Antiviral activity of water extracts of some medicinal and nutritive plants from the Apiaceae family
Mohamed GabAllah, Ahmed Kandeil, Adel Abd El-Baset Mousa, Mohamed Ahmed Ali
During the past two decades, several human infections with avian influenza H5N1 virus have been reported. An increase in the recorded cases of human viral infections led to more public health concern, because of their potential pandemic proportions in th…
5 Feb 2025 - Articles
An in vitro study on the antifungal and antibiofilm activities of probiotic bacteria against Candida species isolated from orthodontic appliances and dental caries
Zeinab S. Hashem, Ahmed S. Hashem
Candida species are opportunistic pathogens that may cause infections in predisposed persons. This work aimed to detect the antifungal and antibiofilm potentials of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus plantarum supernatants on Candida spp. About…
8 Feb 2025 - Articles
Evaluating the performance of different detection methods of Carbapenemase producing Gram-negative bacilli isolated from surgical site infections
Rasha M. Elnagar
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are still the most prevalent infections in health care facilities. The magnitude of the problem increased with the development of health care associated infections caused by Gram negative bacilli (GNB), which are resistant…
8 Feb 2025 - Articles
Multidrug-resistance and biofilm formation profiles of Salmonella spp. isolated from raw chicken meat
G.I. Ogu, J.C. Okolo, J.C. Igborgbor, F.I. Akinnibosun
Available data showed that the recovery of multidrug-resistant and biofilm-producing Salmonella spp. from chicken meat is still scanty in Nigeria. Consequently, this study aimed to characterize the probable multidrug- resistant and biofilm producing Salm…
8 Feb 2025 - Articles
Evaluation of chitinolytic enzymes activities during microbial biotransformation of Archachatina marginata exoskeleton to chitooligosaccharide
Simiat O. Jimoh, Khadijat O. Adefaye, Lateefah A. Arowolo, Ramot B. Badmos-Oladapo
Natural macromolecules such as polysaccharides are bioactive substances obtained from the agricultural feed stocks and or crustacean shell wastes, thus chitin biomass as a rich renewable resource; is an additional abundant natural polysaccharide in the environ…
8 Feb 2025 - Review
From gut to brain: Deciphering the impact of gut microbiota on neurological health
Gopinath R, Arundadhi M, Dhanasezhian A, Thangam G. Sucila
The Gut-Brain Axis is a complex and fascinating concept elucidating the two-way communication between gut microbiota and the central nervous system, encompassing diverse mechanisms with profound implications on neurological health. Situated in the gastro…
8 Feb 2025 - Articles
Evaluation of genetic diversity of some Zucchini yellow mosaic virus-infected cucurbits based on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, inter simple sequence repeat and start codon targeted molecular tools
Shrouk E.E. Farg, Shafik D. Ibrahim, Samir Mahgoub, Atef S. Sadik, Mamdouh H. Abdel-Ghaffar
The aim of this study was to evaluate the genetic diversity of some Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV)-infected cucurbits compared to the healthy plants based on three molecular tools. When sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-…
8 Feb 2025 - Articles
Bacterial diversity associated with urinary tract infections in humans
Sharma S, Gupta V, Yadav M, Sain D, Rahi R.K, Neelam D.K
The present study aimed to evaluate the concepts of epidemiology, uropathogenic, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of urinary tract infections (UTI) in humans. One of the most frequent infections that affect people is UTIs. During childhood they are e…
8 Feb 2025 - Articles
Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Ram Bahadur Khadka, Ravin Bhandari, Rabin Gyawali, Balram Neupane, Dhakaraj Pant
An acute respiratory syndrome (ARDS) episode was first identified in Wuhan, China, and later officially designated as COVID-19 by the WHO. It is caused by SARS-CoV-2 that is likely associated with zoonotic transmission. Based on the live data from live…
5 Feb 2025 - Articles
Pharmacological activities of Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
Girma Waktola, Tasisa Temesgen
In this review paper, different characteristics especially medicinal values of Oyster mushroom were described. As a mycological expression, mushrooms are a fruiting body of macro fungi i.e. Basidiomycota that represents only a short reproductive stage i…
5 Feb 2025 - Articles
Antibiotic resistance pattern of Salmonella species isolated from Typhoid patients in Jigawa state, Nigeria
Adamu, Yusha’u, Usman, A. D, Abdulhadi, S.K
This study was designed to determine the antibiotic resistance pattern of Salmonella spp. isolated from clinical samples of symptomatic and asymptomatic typhoid patients, selected from some hospitals in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Four hundred bacterial isol…
5 Feb 2025 - Articles
Antibiotic resistance pattern of Salmonella species isolated from Typhoid patients in Jigawa state, Nigeria
Adamu, Yusha’u, Usman, A. D, Abdulhadi, S.K
This study was designed to determine the antibiotic resistance pattern of Salmonella spp. isolated from clinical samples of symptomatic and asymptomatic typhoid patients, selected from some hospitals in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Four hundred bacterial isol…
5 Feb 2025 - Articles
Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 infection: A synopsis of the host immune responses and viral immune evasion strategies involved
Bala, N. Umar, Jibril, Adamu, Muhammad, T. Ahmad et al.
The novel coronavirus designated as SARS-CoV-2 is the etiological agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which rendered the care of the global health powerless and plunged the world economy into a historic decline. This disease is characterized b…
8 Feb 2025 - Articles
Phytochemical screening, and in vitro antimicrobial potential of Aerva javanica leaf extracts, collected from Shada Mountain, Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz Yahya Al-Ghamdi
The purposes of this study were to determine the phytochemical constituents and in vitro antimicrobial efficacy of Aerva javanica (L.) leaf extracts growing wildly in Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia. The plant leaves were collected, air-dried, macerated, a…
8 Feb 2025 - Articles
Prevalence of multidrug resistant Escherichia coli recovered from patients suffering from urinary tract infections
Salwa Mahmoud Masoud, Rehab Mahmoud Abd El-Baky, Sherine A. Aly, Reham Ali Ibrahem
Urinary tract infections are common human bacterial infections caused by Escherichia coli, which is one of the most frequent uropathogens. Treatment of such infections has become challenging due to the elevated levels of antimicrobial resistance. The ai…
8 Feb 2025