Objective(s):Isoprenoid biosynthesis is a key metabolic pathway to produce a wide variety of biomolecules such as cholesterol and carotenoids, which target cell membranes. On the other hand, it has been reported that statins known as inhibitors of isoprenoid biosynthesis and cholesterol lowering agents, may have a direct antimicrobial effect on the some bacteria. The exact action of statins in ...

chemical compositions  and antimicrobial effects on E.coli and S.aureus of essential oils from lavandula anguifolia and salvia officinalis were stuied.disk diffusion method was conducted to evaluate the zone of microbial growth inhibition at 1,1:.2,1:.8 and 1:16 dilutions of the essenial oils at four stages of zero(fresh oil).1,2 and 3 months post-exeaction.the antimicrobial effect was also stu...

Objective: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the in vivo (analgesic, antidiarrheal, neurological, and cytotoxic) and in vitro (antioxidant, antimicrobial, thrombolytic and anthelmintic) activity of different fractions of methanolic extract of Momordica charantia. Materials and Methods: The antioxidant property ...

Objective(s): To study the antimicrobial property of green synthesised silver nano metals with M.balbisiana, A.indica and O.tenuiflorm and their enhanced antibacterial activity, assessment of antimicrobial effect. And to explore the possible mechanism of AgNPs synthesis in the active constitutions of selected temperate plant extracts Materials and methods:Biosynthesis of AgNPs using plant extr...

We report an ecofriendly novel method for copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) synthesis by hydrothermal processes using an activated carboxymethyl gum of locally available medicinal plant Cochlospermum gossypiumas capping agent. The synthesized CuNPs characterized by Ultraviolet - visible Spectroscopy (UV-Vis), Fourier – transform infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and Transmission Electron Micros...

In their review ‘Arming the enemy: the evolution of resistance to self-proteins’, Bell & Gouyon (2003) present an interesting perspective. They suggest that the introduction of cationic antimicrobial peptide antibiotics into general (clinical) use ‘may provoke the evolution of resistance to our own defence proteins and thus compromise our natural defences against infection’. I feel it is very a...

Introduction: Vaginitis is an inflammatory and infectious disease in human host that involved vaginal mucosa. Increase of resistance to various antibacterial agent has been very significant in three or four recent decades and this important subject reveals the use of new and natural sources such as plants with medical and antimicrobial property for eradication of these infections. Therefore, th...