Background: Artichoke (Cynara scolymus) possesses bioactive components with antioxidant effects. This plant has been widely used in traditional medicine.  Objectives: The current study aimed to examine the protective activity of Hydroethanolic Extract of Cynara scolymus (HECS) against experimentally-induced hemolytic anemia in rats. Methods: Hemolytic anemia was induced by intraperitoneal inj...

The phospholipases C of C. perfringens (alpha-toxin) and C. bifermentans (Cbp) show >50% amino acid homology but differ in their hemolytic and toxic properties. We report here the purification and characterisation of alpha-toxin and Cbp. The phospholipase C activity of alpha-toxin and Cbp was similar when tested with phosphatidylcholine in egg yolk or in liposomes. However, the hemolytic activi...

Tragia involucrata commonly known as Indian stinging nettle is a shrub widely used in traditional ayurvedic system for treatment of cephalagia, skin infections, eczema, and bronchitis. However, in use as a traditional medicine since ancient time, its anti-arthritic and hemolytic properties are not yet studied. The present study aimed to assess the phytochemical analysis, in vitro anti-arthritic...

An improved method is described for preparing the enzyme which hydrolyzes the polysaccharide acid contained in vitreous humor, umbilical cord, synovial fluid, and the mucoid phase of group A hemolytic streptococci. Preparations have been obtained from pneumococci, group A hemolytic streptococci, Clostridium welchii, and from splenic tissue, which display the same specific activity. Evidence is ...

Butia catarinensis Noblick & Lorenzi, popularly known as “beach butiá”, is a species extensively used in the food area, but little explored regarding its toxicological safety and pharmacological potential. Therefore, aim of this study was to evaluate whether fixed oil B. (OFBc) promotes hemolysis vitro if it can increase resistance human erythrocytes (anti-hemolytic activity), also investig...

The healthy live fish Mugil cephalus were purchased from lower Anaikkat in Kollidam River, Thanjavur District. Tamilnadu, India. Mucus was carefully scraped from the dorsal body using a sterile spatula, the collected fish mucus was stored separately at 4 °C for further use. Anticancer activity was done by laryngeal cancer cell lines. Primarily the hemolytic activity was done in chicken and goat...

E RYTHROCYTE GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE ( G-6PD ) DEFICIENCY is a frequent clinically-significant genetically-determined abnormality of man. On the basis of gene frequency of the enzyme deficiency, about 3,000,000 Negroes in the United States carry genes for this disorder.1 When exposed to certain drugs and chemical agents, clinically normal persons with G-6-PD deficiency experience hemo...

The hemolytic activity of 20 classical and 3 El Tor strains of V. cholerae O1 was examined phenotypically and genetically. The El Tor strains lysed bovine, chicken, human, rabbit, and sheep erythrocytes (RBCs), while the classical strains lysed only chicken and rabbit RBCs. The assay was done with RBCs in Tris-NaCl buffer, since phosphate-buffered saline was found to inhibit hemolytic activity....

Lactic acid bacteria have long been utilized in fermented foods and dairy products such as cheese, these play an important role food bio-preservation, organoleptic properties development, quality improvement. The purpose of this research was to determine assess the biotechnological characteristics lactic isolated from traditional Algerian cheese "J'ben". Fifteen (gram positive, catalase negativ...