Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease which is a major cause of coronary heart
disease and stroke in humans. It is characterized by intimal plaques and cholesterol …

Fruits, vegetables, and other food items contain phytochemicals or secondary metabolites
which may be considered non-essential nutrients but have medicinal importance. These …

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is a growing threat to global human health. Horizontal gene
transfer (HGT) of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is recognized as the primary contributor …

Background Antibiotic resistance poses an increasing threat to public health. Horizontal
gene transfer (HGT) promoted by antibiotics is recognized as a significant pathway to …

Living cells continually generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) through the respiratory
chain during energetic metabolism. ROS at low or moderate concentration can play …

Carcinogenesis is a multistep process involving mutation and the subsequent selective
clonal expansion of the mutated cell. Chemical and physical agents including those that …

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have found a variety of uses including biomedical materials;
however, studies of the cytotoxicity of AgNPs by size effects are only in the beginning stage …

Traditional Chinese medicines have been recently recognized as a new source of
anticancer drugs and new chemotherapy adjuvant to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy …

With the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial enzymes aimed at the
disruption of bacterial cellular machinery and biofilm formation are under intense …

NAC (N-acetyl-l-cysteine) is commonly used to identify and test ROS (reactive oxygen
species) inducers, and to inhibit ROS. In the present study, we identified inhibition of …