Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs), such as root-knot nematodes (RKNs) and cyst
nematodes (CNs), are among the most devastating pests in agriculture. RKNs and CNs …

Banana (Musaceae) is one of the world's most important fruit crops that is widely cultivated
in tropical countries for its valuable applications in food industry. Its enormous by-products …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Musa acuminata, the wild species of banana is a plant of
the tropical and subtropical regions. Over the past few decades, the health benefits of M …

Background The banana (Musa spp.) plant produces elongated and edible fruit. The two
main parthenocarpic species of banana are Musa accuminata Colla and Musa balbisiana …

The family Trypanosomatidae, flagellated parasitic protozoa, is responsible for important
infectious diseases in humans: sleeping sickness, Chagas diseases and leishmaniasis …

Tuberculosis (TB) kills about 3 million people per year worldwide. Furthermore, TB is an
infectious disease associated with HIV patients, and there is a rise in multidrug‐resistant TB …

ABSTRACT Miltefosine (hexadecylphosphocholine [HePC]) is currently on trial as a first-
choice, orally active drug for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis when resistance to …

Chenopodium ambrosioides is an aromatic herb used by native people to treat parasitic
diseases. The aim of this work is to compare the in vitro anti-leishmanial activity of the …

Increasing antibiotic resistances in microorganisms create serious problems in public health.
This demands alternative approaches for killing pathogens to supplement standard …

A set of benzophenone-derived bisphosphonium salts was synthesized and assayed for
lethal activity on the human protozoan parasite Leishmania. A subset of them, mostly …