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| Paper Type | : | Research Paper |
| Title | : | Isolation and Identification of therapeutic compounds from Moringa oleifera and its antimicrobial activity |
| Country | : | India |
| Authors | : | Gopinath, L. R || Jeevitha, S || Gokiladevi, T || Archaya. S |
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: | 10.9790/3008-1206010107  |
Abstract: Moringa oleifera, is commonly known as 'drumstick tree' or 'horseradish tree'. Every part of the plant has high nutritive value. In this study the leaf extracts of Moringa oleifera was prepared using 7 different solvents and phytochemically analysed in which methanol leaf extract showed presence of many compounds. Quantification of leaf extract showed presence of high amount tannins. Palmitic acid was isolated from the extract and antimicrobial activity of palmitic acid was studied at different concentration for both bacteria and fungi. The results revealed that though both Gram negative and positive bacterial species were inhibited the gram negative were resistant particularly P. aeruginosa and high zone of inhibition was observed with K. pneumonia. The plant has many pharmacological properties and need the scientific values from the researcher for commercialization
Keywords: Enzyme immobilization; Thermomyceslanuginosus lipase (TLL), carbon nanotube, magnetic nanoparticles, Applications.
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| Paper Type | : | Research Paper |
| Title | : | A Cross Sectional Study on Beliefs, Attitudes, Misconceptions and Knowledge of Patients &Community towards Leprosy in and Around Rural Areas of Guntur District |
| Country | : | India |
| Authors | : | A.Niranjan || K.Dharma Teja || T. Deepak || K.Gayathri Devi || Dr.V.Lokesh Reddy |
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: | 10.9790/3008-1206010812 |
Abstract: The Study entitled "A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY ON BELIEFS, ATTITUDES, MISCONCEPTIONS AND KNOWLEDGE OF PATIENTS & COMMUNITY TOWARDS LEPROSY IN AND AROUND RURAL AREAS OF GUNTUR DISTRICT" was designed to assess the knowledge of Leprosy in and around rural areas of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India, and also to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention carried out in this study. A suitable self-administered (KAP) Knowledge, attitude, practice survey questionnaire was designed and validated by this study and the study was conducted among the patients and community in that area. This cross sectional knowledge attitude practice (KAP) questionnaire study, of 6 month duration included a total of 207 participants out of 403............
Keywords: Hansen's disease, Patients & community people, KAP questionnaire
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| Paper Type | : | Research Paper |
| Title | : | Characterization of Biosurfactant Produced by Pseudomonas putida PS6 Isolated from Contaminated Soil |
| Country | : | Iraq |
| Authors | : | Zainab Hani Hatef || Saad Hussain Khudeir |
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: | 10.9790/3008-1206011318 |
Abstract: Biosurfactants are surface active compounds that reduce the interfacial tension between two liquids or between a liquid and solid, these compounds produce extracellularly or as part of the cell membrane in bacteria, yeast and fungi. In this study the Pseudomonas putida PS6 isolated from soil contaminated with hydrocarbons and it showed the highest capability to produce the biosurfactant when grown in BH media with 1% of diesel oil as carbon source. The biosurfactant was extracted from cell-free supernatant of Pseudomonas putida PS6 culture by chloroform: methanol (2:1) and then identified based on the methods of TLC, chemical compositions, blue agar plate and FTIR analysis. The results from all methods indicate that the biosurfactant can designated as glycolipid..............
Keywords: Pseudomonas putida, biosurfactant, glycolipid
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| Paper Type | : | Research Paper |
| Title | : | Relationship between Lipid Peroxidation and Integrity of Sperm Plasma Membrane in a Sample of Iraqi Infertile Men |
| Country | : | Iraq |
| Authors | : | Makarim Q. Al-Lami || Rana S. Al-Anber || Muhammad-Baqir M-R Fakhridin |
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: | 10.9790/3008-1206011927 |
Abstract: The current study aims to investigate the relationship between lipid peroxidation, represented by seminal malondialdehyde (MDA) level, and integrity of sperm plasma membrane, represented by the hypo-osmotic swelling (HOS) test score, in infertile men. One hundred and twenty Iraqi men (20 fertile and 100 infertile) shared in this study during their attendance to the High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies/Al- Nahrain University. The mean age of the fertile men was (30.46±0.78) years while the mean age of infertile men was (32.58±0.64) years with the duration of infertility (5.36±0.33) years.............
Keywords: Hypo-osmotic swelling test, Infertile men, Lipid peroxidation, Malondialdehyde
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