conclusions this study demonstrates that using either honey or normal saline can reduce the rate and severity of chemotherapy induced mucositis. background oral mucositis is a frequent problem after high-dose chemotherapy which could impair patient’s quality of life, higher rates of infections, and delay in subsequent chemotherapy. objectives the present study was performed to assess the effect...

Today, the usage of natural additives in food matrix has increased. Natural antimicrobial compounds include peptides, enzymes, bacteriocins, bacteriophages, plant extracts, essential oils, and fermented that can be used as alternatives to chemical antimicrobials. Plant extracts oils contain terpenes, flavonoids, aldehydes, phenolic cause antioxidant activity. The synergistic activity synthesize...

conclusions totally, our results showed nanosilver caused an increase of at least nine-fold in inhibitory effect of fluconazole. materials and methods we studied effect of fluconazole, nanosilver, and their combination on 20 fluconazole-resistant c. albicans from two centers and one standard sample (atcc10261) by minimal inhibitory concentration (mic) method. background opportunistic fungi caus...

The consumer demand for natural ingredients in cosmetic products is increasing. Phenolic compounds are among the most studied natural antioxidant compounds, they also present antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory or antiaging actions and can permeate through the skin barrier. Grapes contain valuable phenolic components and grape byproducts are widely available low cost raw materials. This review pre...