Host protection from fungal infection is thought to ensue in part from the activity of Syk-coupled C-type lectin receptors and MyD88-coupled toll-like receptors in myeloid cells, including neutrophils, macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs). Given the multitude of cell types and receptors involved, elimination of a single pathway for fungal recognition in a cell type such as DCs, primarily known...

candida species are the most common cause of opportunistic fungal infection worldwide. due to increasing resistance of fungi against conventional drugs, as well as their side effects, alternative natural products have become a renewed interest. in the current study, the anti-candida activities of scrophularia striata extract were examined. in this experimental study, microdilution assay and wel...

Regarding to the defiance came upon scientists output natural products with potent biological activity from cheap sources and in an attempt recover average of antiproliferative agents, employment fungal metabolite creating a cordial proper process was prerequisite. In present results, metabolites were detected by thin layer chromatography. One isolate out ten isolates bioassayed, showed have mo...

The present study was conducted to determine the antioxidant and antifungal effects ofmethanol extract from aerial part of Verbascum speciosum. The total phenolic andflavonoid content and the antioxidant activity of the plant extract were determined byusing the Folin-Ciocalteau and the 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radicalscavenging assays. The total phenols and flavonoid content o...

A novel azo-Schiff base ligand (L) was prepared by reacting 2-hydroxy-5-(pyridine-4-yldiazenyl) benzaldehyde with 1,2-phenylenediamine. Moreover, Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) and Cadmium sulfide nanoparticles (CdS-NPs) were prepared by employing azo-Schiff base ligand (L) as capping and reducing agent. The solid-state fluorescence spectroscopy was used to investigate the interaction between L ...

the antimicrobial efficacy of methanol and water extracts of seeds of the plant swietenia macrophylla (family: meliaceae) was evaluated against selected pathogenic bacterial strains (bacillus cereus mtcc 430, klebsiella penumoniae mtcc 109, pseudomonas aeruginosa mtcc 424, escherichia  coli mtcc 443, staphylococcus aureus mtcc 96, salmonella typhimurium mtcc 98, micrococcus luteus mtcc 106) and...

we present a case of allergic fungal sinusitis (afb) in a 20-year old man with few months' history of bilateral nasal obstruction and discharge with unilateral proptosis that underwent maxillary antrostomy due to the mass in paranasal sinuses. histological examination of tissue showed branching fungal hyphae interspersed with allergic mucin without fungal invasion to soft tissue. the patient re...

Pectinases have multiple nature and various forms which are necessary for the hydrolysis of pectin in several conventional industrial and natural processes. In this investigation fourteen fungal strains which isolated from agricultural soils ,were screened for pectinase activity. Pectinase activity were measured in vitro by assaying released reducing sugar from pectin as sole carbon source. Asp...