The claims of Acalypha indica.L antiurolithiatic effect have not been established experimentally. present study is designing to evaluate the invitro anti-urolithiatic activity Ethanolic and methanolic leaf extracts indica.L. Urolithiasis a common major cause morbidity worldwide. widely utilized in traditional medicine systems. Traditional communities India use this plant as an analgesic, anti-i...

background: nowadays candida albicans has become resistant to the toxic and expensive commercial anti-candida drugs. therefore, investigation for new anti-fungal agents is necessary. objectives: the purpose of this survey was to investigate the in vitro anti-candida activity of the hydroalcoholic extracts of heracleum persicum fruit. materials and methods: the plant ingredients were extracted u...

actinomycetes were isolated from marine sediment samples collected from the east coast of chennai, tamil nadu, india. well diffusion and agar plug methods were used for the evaluation of antibiotic production by these isolates against drug resistant methicillin- resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) and vancomycin resistant enterococci (vre). the potential isolate vitbrk2 was mass cultured for...

The enzymatic defense mechanisms of Gorgonia ventalina to the fungal pathogen Aspergillus sydowii may play important roles in colony resistance to infection. In this study, we examined the role of the superfamily of peroxidase enzymes in the coral response to a naturally occurring pathogen. We examined the inducibility of peroxidases by experimentally exposing corals to A. sydowii and found tha...

cosmos caudatus is widely used as a traditional medicine in southeast asia. c. caudatus has been reported as a rich source of bioactive  compounds such as ascorbic acid, quercetin, and chlorogenic acid. studies have shown that c. caudatus exhibits high antioxidant capacity and various medicinal properties, including anti-diabetic activity, anti-hypertensive properties, anti-infl ammatory respon...

IL-33 is known to play an important role in Th2 immunity. In this study, we investigated the effect of IL-33 pretreatment on anti-fungal response using an acute Candida albicans peritoneal infection model. IL-33 pretreatment induced a rapid fungal clearance and markedly reduced the C. albicans infection-associated mortality. The priming effect of IL-33 occurred during multiple steps of the neut...