Introduction: Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen for which there is an increasing antimicrobial resistance concern. Frequency of isolation of multi drug resistant strains is increasing rendering a potential 'Super bug' status for N. gonorrhoeae. Material & methods: Agar dilution method was used to evaluate in vitro anti N. gonorrhoeae activity of crude and solven...

227 Changing Scenario of Airborne Allergens in Bangalore, India Anand Pendakur, MBBS, DLO and Balaji Ramdas, MBBS. Allergy Asthma ENT Clinic, Indian College of Allergy Asthma and Applied Immunology, Bangalore, India; Community Medicine, Indian Academy of Allergy, Bangalore, India. With phenomenal growth of Bangalore city and a distinct shift of its arboriculture in the last 2 decades, change in...

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Plants from Kenyan flora are traditionally used against many ailments, including cancer and related diseases. Cancer is characterized as a condition with complex signs and symptoms. Recently there are recommendations that ethnopharmacological usages such as immune and skin disorders, inflammatory, infectious, parasitic and viral diseases should be taken into accou...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence epiphyte species in trees that compose urban four avenues Goiânia city – state Goiás. All individuals from avenue median and sidewalks were quantified, all host inventoried epiphytes found evaluated qualitatively quantitatively. Ficus rubiginosa present 68.63% cases, followed by luschnathiana (15.69%), insipida (5.88%) guaranitica (5.88%)...

Natural-abundance 3C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to study the patterns of accumulation of osmotically active internal solutes in five different fungi. Four xerophilic fungi (Penicillium janczewskii, Eurotium chevalieri, Xeromyces bisporus and Wallemia sebi), and one non-xerophilic fungal species ( P . digitatum) were grown at three different water activities (a,) on media c...