three hundred and sixty male day- old ross 308 broiler chicks were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments in order to evaluate the effect of propolis as growth promoter on the performance and the immune response of the broiler chicks to the nd vaccine. each treatment contained three replicates of 30 chicks. dietary treatments were as follow: a corn - soy meal diet (control diet).control d...

BACKGROUND Oxidative stress can severely compromise viability of bifidobacteria. Exposure of Bifidobacterium cells to oxygen causes accumulation of reactive oxygen species, mainly hydrogen peroxide, leading to cell death. In this study, we tested the suitability of continuous culture under increasing selective pressure combined with immobilized cell technology for the selection of hydrogen pero...

Formic acid occurs in a variety of plants and fruits, mammalian tissues, and insect venoms. It is used industrially in preparing a variety of drugs, dyes, and chemicals; as a decalcifier; and in leather tanning. Formic acid also is an environmental contaminant of air and water and has been identified as the toxic intermediate (formate) in methanol poisoning. Two- and 13-week toxicity studies of...

The effects of two Iranian medicinal plants including Zataria multiflora and Geranium pelargoniumwere evaluated on growth-inhibiting of some toxigenic fungi such as Aspergillus flavus, A. parasiticus, A.ochraceus and Fusarium verticillioides. In this study, standard Z. multiflora and G. pelargonium essentialoils (EOs) were diluted in 0.01% dimethyl sulfoxide. Different dilutions of Z. multiflor...

a pot experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design with five treatment and five replication, in each replication were 6 plants used. the study of zinc sulphate (znso4) application (20 and 40 ppm) and salicylic acid (sa) application (50 and 150 ppm) was compared to the control (distillated water) on growth and flowering petunia hybrid. for each plant was used 100 cc of solution at ...

All bacteria can survive and adapt to different stresses, such as fluctuations in temperature, pH oxidative, osmotic pressure occurring their surrounding environments. This study aims evaluate the effects of a variety stress conditions on growth, proteome Raoultella planticola PTCC 1598. R. cells were exposed values temperatures, sodium chloride, pH, hydrogen peroxide stresses. Among conditions...

BACKGROUND Vapor-based fumigant systems for disinfection of health care surfaces and spaces is an evolving technology. A new system (AsepticSure) uses an ozone-based process to create a highly reactive oxidative vapor with broad and high-level antimicrobial properties. METHODS Ozone gas at 50-500 ppm was combined with 3% hydrogen peroxide vapor in a test chamber and upscaled in rooms measurin...