Background Food product safety, especially at the consumer level, is a major concern
around the world. Maintaining product safety from processing to acceptable consumption …

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous hybrid materials composed of metal ions and
organic linkers, characterized by their crystallinity and by the highest known surface areas …

Leaves of fig, guava, olive and pomegranate and peels of ripe pomegranate fruits were
mechanically pressed to obtain the crude juices. The resultant crude juices were subjected …

Osteoarthritis (OA) has long been viewed as a degenerative disease of cartilage, but
accumulating evidence indicates that inflammation has a critical role in its pathogenesis. In …

Free-living amoebae are protists frequently found in water and soils. They feed on other
microorganisms, mainly bacteria, and digest them through phagocytosis. It is accepted that …

The effect of Camellia sinensis (green tea) on the growth of Acanthamoeba castellanii
trophozoites was examined using a microplate based-Sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay. C …

Despite intensified efforts to develop an effective antibiotic, S. aureus is still a major cause of
mortality and morbidity worldwide. The multidrug resistance of bacteria has considerably …

Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is an infectious ocular disease which is difficult to diagnose
correctly and cure. Development of an effective and safe therapeutic drug for AK is needed …

In this study, the application of amphipods in vivo assays was evaluated. The main aim of
this work was to check the potential use of this model in biocompatibility assessments of …

Acanthamoeba castellanii is an opportunistic free-living amoeba (FLA) pathogen which can
cause fatal central nervous system (CNS) infection, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis …