In the present work, rapid identification of elements and their relative chemical composition in various Peganum harmala seed samples were investigated using a calibration-free laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy technique (CF-LIBS). A pulsed Nd:YAG laser-source with 5 ns pulse-duration, 10 Hz pulse repetition rates providing 400 200 mJ energy at 1064 532 nm wavelength, respectively, was focus...

Abstract Background Medicinal plants are potential source of natural products that play an important role in preventing different human diseases. P. harmala is used traditionally as emmenagogue and abortifacient agent the Middle East, North Africa West China. It belongs to family Zygophyllaceae it a wild growing flowering plant. Its seeds main medicinal part Methods The current searching was do...

BACKGROUND The extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) -producing Escherichia coli isolates make many serious infections, especially urinary tract infections. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the antibacterial activities of some natural plant extracts against ESBL-producing E. coli isolates, which harbor the TEM gene in urine samples of the patients who have urinary tract...