Background: A few reports confirm the ability of Helicobacter pylori to form biofilm. However, conclusive data do not exist concerning the factors that favor this ability.Objectives: Evaluation of the factors associated with the biofilm formation ability of H. pylori including bacterial, physical and chemical, and environmental factors was the research’s aim.Materials and Methods: H...

In the title compound, C(16)H(13)N(3)O(4), the dihedral angle between the terminal benzene rings is 14.02 (7)°. The carbonyl groups are anti with respect to each other, which facilitates their participation in the formation of supra-molecular chains. Each side of the -C(=O)N(H)N(H)C(=O)- residue associates with a centrosymmetrically related mol-ecule, resulting in the formation of essentially f...

In this study, the formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by chilled goat spermatozoa was measured. Furthermore, the effects of dead spermatozoa on motility characteristics were studied. Fresh collected ejaculates from five Shami bucks were centrifuged and virtually all seminal plasma was removed. A part of the collected spermatozoa was killed by two ways: the first by repe...

The title Schiff base compound, C(33)H(30)N(4)O(4)·H(2)O, adopts an E configuration with respect to each C=N double bond. In the mol-ecule, there are naphthoxide anions and the protonated imino N atoms. Intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of approximately planar (maximum deviation 0.029 Å for H atom) six-membered rings.. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by O-H⋯O and ...