When pathogenic bacteria breach the epithelial lining at mucosal surfaces, rapidly available innate immune mechanisms are critical to halt the infection. In the present study, we characterized the production of antibacterial polypeptides released by epithelial cells. IFN-γ, but neither TNF nor IL-1β alone, induced release of antibacterial activity to a cell culture medium, causing a lytic appea...

Four naphtho-γ-pyrones (fonsecinones A and C and aurasperones A and E) were identified as potential antibacterial agents against Escherichia coli, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an in vitro antibacterial screen of 218 fungal metabolites. Fonsecinone A (2) exhibited t...

The rise in antibiotic resistance has led to an increased research focus on discovery of new antibacterial candidates. While broad-spectrum antibiotics are widely pursued, there is evidence that resistance arises in part from the wide spread use of these antibiotics. Our group has developed a system to produce protein affinity agents, called synbodies, which have high affinity and specificity f...

Many local vegetable materials are under-exploited because of inadequate scientific knowledge of their nutritional potentials. For this reason, the nutritional, phytochemical, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of the acetone, methanol and water extracts of the leaves of Sonchus asper and Sonchus oleraceus were investigated. The proximate analysis showed that the plants contained apprecia...

Granulocyte chemotactic protein 2 (GCP-2)/CXCL6 is a CXC chemokine expressed by macrophages and epithelial and mesenchymal cells during inflammation. Through binding and activation of its receptors (CXCR1 and CXCR2), it exerts neutrophil-activating and angiogenic activities. Here we show that GCP-2/CXCL6 itself is antibacterial. Antibacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative pat...

Cryptotanshinone and dihydrotanshinone I, constituents of a medicinal plant, Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, had antibacterial activity against a broad range of Gram positive bacteria. These compounds generated superoxide radicals in Bacillus subtilis lysates. A recombination-deficient mutant strain of B. subtilis was 2- to 8-fold more sensitive than a wild strain, and this hypersensitivity was redu...

A series (7a-7k) of aliphatic amide bridged 4-aminoquinoline clubbed 1,2,4triazole derivatives were designed on the basis of field alignment and mapping and finally synthesized via six step synthesis protocol. The antibacterial activities of all the synthesized molecules were performed on different gram positive and gram negative bacterial strains. Compound 7a, 7d and 7h were found most active ...

Protease inhibitors were extracted from the seeds of Lavatera cashmeriana Camb by ammonium sulphate precipitation and purified by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and Sephadex G-100 column. The bound protein eluted into four major peaks which we named as LC-pi I, II, III and IV, all showing strong anti protease activity against trypsin, chymotrypsin and elastase. LC-pi I was screened for antiba...

Molecular docking is the identification of ligand’s correct binding geometry i.e pose in site and estimation its affinity for rational design drug molecule. The current study endeavored high throughput insilico screening 24 compounds docked with their respective protein using PyRx-Virtual Screening Tool software. Out compounds, almost all test showed a very good score. Fluconazole was used as s...

Recently, donkey milk has received a lot of interest due to its similarity human in terms protein, lactose and fat content. The purpose this review is summarize the knowledge research done on composition milk, including functionality potential therapeutic use. Donkey suitable for use children who are allergic cow's milk. bioactive components contained have antibacterial, antiviral antifungal ef...