Lactoferrin (Lf) is an 80 kDa iron-binding glycoprotein with multifunctional properties and useful for clinical and commercial applications. Currently, Lf has some advantages including, immune system modulation, antibacterial activity and as antioxidant in infant and adult of human as well as animal health. In the present study, antibacterial activity of Lf has been scrutinized after isolation ...

The objective of the present research was to develop vacuum packaging incorporated with Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil treatment of fresh chicken breast meat. For this purpose, fresh chicken’s meat breast samples were divided into three groups. First group was kept as a control group with air packaging, others one was with vacuum packaging of samples and last one group was treated with...

Production of antimicrobial compounds seems to be a general phenomenon for most bacteria. The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among key microbial pathogens is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide. Current solutions involve development of a more rationale approach to antibiotic use and discover of new antimicrobials. Bacillus species produce a large number of biological compounds acti...

Medicinal plants are being used as traditional medicines to cure several infectious and non-infectious diseases because of their products are safe in contrast to the synthetic medicines that are considered as unsafe to human including other animals and environment. We selected Solanum nigrum L. (Makoi) which belongs to family Solanaceae to evaluate antimicrobial activities against six pathogeni...

Terminalia brownii is traditionally used in treatment and management of human illness such as arthritis, hepatitis, diabetes, stomach ulcers, abdominal pain yellow fever. The objective this study aimed at determining phytochemical, antibacterial antifungal activity flower extracts. Extraction was performed using n-hexane, dichloromethane, dichloromethane: methanol (1:1), water. extracts were sc...