background and objectives: acinetobacter spp. are important causes of nosocomial infections. they possess various antibiotic resistance mechanisms including extended spectrum beta lactamases (esbls). the aim of this study was to determine antibiotic resistance profile of acinetobacter clinical isolates especially among esbl-producing strains and to investigate the antimicrobial effects of oleo-...

objective: the aim of this study was to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) and minimum fungicidal or bactericidal concentration (mfc, mbc) of oleo-gum resin of ferula assafoetida on the growth of food spoilage microbes of bacteria, yeasts and fungal and investigation of the most sensitive of them to oleo-gum resin of these plant. methods: in this study oleo-gum resin of f.assa...

Despite widespread application of cisplatin in treatment of transitional cell carcinomas, its efficiency is far from satisfactory due to acquired drug resistance. The present study was carried out to estimate the effects of conferone, a sesquiterpene-coumarin isolated from Ferula badrakema, on increasing cisplatin cytotoxicity in 5637 cells. In order to determine conferone effects, 5637 cells w...

The effect of certain food additives on aflatoxin production by Aspergillus parasiticus has been studied in vitro. Extracts of turmeric (Curcuma longa), garlic (Allium sativum) and asafoetida (Ferula asafoetida) inhibited the aflatoxin production considerably (more than 90%) at concentrations of 5-10 mg/ml. Similar results were also seen using butylated hydroxytoluene, butylated hydroxyanisole ...