Ziziphus spina-christi L. extract from the northern region of Saudi Arabia, was investigated to determine its chemical composition and evaluate antioxidant antifungal properties. Fresh leaves were extracted using Soxhlet apparatus yield 8% w/w. Results qualitative study showed that this is rich in compounds belonging several classes (saponins, phenols, tannins). GC-MS analysis detected 38 with ...

This animation shows the polarization-dependent resonances of gold nanoparticle (NP) line patches. Multiple resonances were observed in hierarchical NP arrays influenced by nano-scale NP periodicity and microscale patch periodicity. This symmetry-breaking structure of line patches, however, shows polarization-dependent optical properties and different coupling along the x and y directions. I us...

Tremendous attentions have been attracted to the foods labeled with natural, green, organic, and nuisanceless conception of healthy diet. Therefore, it is of great significance to establish relative defining guidance for safe assessment of botanicals. Cyclocarya paliurus (Batal.) Iljinsk (family Cyclocaryaceae), called sweet tea tree, is a well-known edible and medicinal plant, which has been w...

Housing has been the basic need of mankind providing not only shelter but also private and dynamic setting for much social activities and interactions. The problem of housing has become an everyday discussion in all quarters of the public and private sectors of the African countries. It has became glaringly clear that most of the urban population lives in dehumanizing housing environment while ...

In recent years, herbal medicines have become a significant novel source of treatment for various types cancer, including breast cancer. Various investigations declared that Paliurus spina-christi Mill. (PSC) shows antioxidant, antifungal, antimicrobial, and antibacterial properties, but its effect on cancer cells is unknown. This study purposed to evaluate the possible anti-cancer effects etha...

Multidrug-resistant bacteria continue to pose the greatest threat public health. Metallic nanoparticles are one of more promising strategies for combating antibiotic resistance. This research aims determine effect gold and silver gold-silver alloy as antibacterial agents. On other hand, biogenic synthesized using Ziziphus spina-christi leaf extract preparation treatment multidrug-resistant were...

The recent study of botanical macro-remains from the Late Sasanian and Early Islamic (5th to 8th century) fort Fulayj (Batinah, Sultanate Oman) provides a unique opportunity discuss food fuel acquisition strategies in an arid environment document periods that are little known archaeobotanical perspective Eastern Arabia. Seed assemblages include first well-identified directly radiocarbon dated e...

This study aims to investigate the cytotoxicity of Andrographis paniculata, Ziziphus spina-christi and Gymnanthemum extensum crude extracts their combination with low piperine fractional Piper nigrum extract. All plants were extracted water five organic solvents (methanol, ethanol, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate hexane). Cytotoxicity was assessed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tet...