South Africa has a heavy burden of tuberculosis (TB); an incidence of 526 cases per 100 000 of the population makes it one of the highest in the world. Along with other severely affected countries in eastern and southern Africa, there is a significant degree of coinfection with HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). In the World Health Organisation (WHO) African Region, 31% of adults aged 15...

INTRODUCTION Anxiety increases significantly during labor, especially among nulliparous women. Such anxiety may affect the progress of labor and physiological parameters. The use of essential oils of aromatic plants, or aromatherapy, is a non-invasive procedure that can decrease childbirth anxiety. This study examined the effect of inhalation of the aroma of geranium essential oil on the level ...

An illustrated key is provided for the identification of 39 genera of Thysanoptera--Phlaeothripinae with species that live in association with dead branches and leaf-litter in Australia and are considered to be fungus-feeding. Seven of these genera are not previously recorded from this continent, including un-named species of Deplorothrips, Malacothrips, Mystrothrips, Preeriella and Tylothrips,...

Aromatherapy and plant-based essential oils are widely used as complementary and alternative therapies for symptoms including anxiety. Furthermore, it was reportedly effective for the care of several diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and depressive illness. To investigate the pharmacological effects of essential oils, we developed an in vitro assay system using immortalized hypothalamic neur...

The purpose of this study was to assess the possibility using compost made from post-consumer wood in zonal pelargonium (Pelargonium zonale) cv. ‘Tex Mex’ cultivation. influence on plant’s development and nutritional state, as well microbiological enzymatic activity substrate examined. Two variants marked with following letters: OPA OPB were used. Both consisted waste (OP) (70% weight) mixed po...

Aim: In this study we aimed to search the antibacterial effect of the drugs with active ingredients of Pelargonium sidoides on different bacterial species isolated from the throat cultures of patients with upper airway infection. Methods: Antibacterial activity on 72 Streptococci, 48 Stapyhlococcus, 32 Neisseriae spp, 20 Moraxella catarrhalis, and 20 Haemophilus influenzae was evaluated by usin...

conclusions eps 7630 was found to be efficacious in the treatment of acute tonsillopharyngitis in children and was very well tolerated. methods in this double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial with a group sequential design, the efficacy and tolerability of eps 7630 were investigated in 6- to 10-year-old patients with acute tonsillopharyngitis, who showed no evidence of group a β-hemolyti...