Ultraviolet (UV)-absorbing chemicals (UV filters) are used in personal care products for the protection of human skin and hair from damage by UV radiation. Although these substances are released into the environment in the production and consumption processes, little is known about their ecotoxicology effects. The acute toxicity and potential ecological risk of UV filters benzophenone-3 (BP-3) ...

The methanol leaf extracts of Acacia nilotica, Sida cordifolia, Tinospora cordifolia, Withania somnifer and Ziziphus mauritiana showed significant antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Staphylococcus aureus and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. malvacearum and antifungal activity against Aspergillus flavus, Dreschlera turcica and Fusarium verticil...

Abstract Background Mucoadhesive polymers are applicable for improving the delivery of drug by prolonging residence time and contact dosage form with mucous membrane. Mucoadhesion may be defined as a process where polymer substance gets adhered either to biological substrate or synthetic natural macromolecule, mucus The can studied determine whether they possess some mucoadhesive properties sev...