Cigarette smoking is associated with alterations in inflammatory markers among smokers. The present study was carried out to examine the association between smoking habits and total leukocytes count in a group of clinically healthy smokers. The study group consisted of 365 clinically healthy men, aged 20-60 years. Subjects were classified into different groups on the basis of their smoking habi...

Probiotics are living microorganism which when consumed in adequate amount provide health benefit to the host, examples lactic acid bacteria gram positive organisms that can withstand different environmental stress during production and storage of products containing them. This study aims evaluate probiotic potential (LAB) strains isolated from pineapple water melon. The materials used evaluati...

Preharvest control strategies, to reduce or eliminate pathogenic bacteria in leafy vegetables that may be consumed raw, provide additional food safety protection and shelf life quality extension beyond what is possible achieve with postharvest sanitation alone. The aim of this study was characterize the efficacy effect contact time electrolyzed water (e-water), 1-bromo-3-chloro-5-dimethylhydant...

The effectiveness of UV and chlorination, used individually and sequentially, was investigated in killing pathogenic microorganisms and inhibiting the formation of disinfection by-products in two different municipal wastewaters for the source water of reclaimed water, which were from a microfilter (W1) and membrane bioreactor (W2) respectively. Heterotrophic plate count (HPC), total bacteria co...