Control of biofilm formation in healthcare: recent advances exploiting quorum-sensing interference strategies and multidrug efflux pump inhibitors

B Subhadra, DH Kim, K Woo, S Surendran, CH Choi - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Biofilm formation in healthcare is an issue of considerable concern, as it results in increased
morbidity and mortality, imposing a significant financial burden on the healthcare system …

Medicinal plants: A potential source of novel bioactive compounds showing antimicrobial efficacy against pathogens infecting hair and scalp

M Rajput, N Kumar - Gene Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Hair and scalp infections have been considered one of the current major concerns as they
are the main causes of hair damage and loss, thus gravely compromise the quality of life …

A novel quality-by-design optimized spectrofluorimetric method for the sensitive determination of ricinine alkaloid in edible oils

G Magdy, MH ElNaggar, F Belal, H Elmansi - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Ricinine is an important biomarker used for detecting the exposure to castor bean products.
The current study describes a highly sensitive and selective spectrofluorimetric approach to …

The old world salsola as a source of valuable secondary metabolites endowed with diverse pharmacological activities: a review

MH ElNaggar, WM Eldehna… - Journal of Enzyme …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Salsola is an important genus in the plant kingdom with diverse traditional, industrial, and
environmental applications. Salsola species are widely distributed in temperate regions and …

Alkaloid role in plant defense response to growth and stress

AH Ali, M Abdelrahman, MA El-Sayed - Bioactive molecules in plant …, 2019 - Springer
In the natural habitats, plants are surrounded by a different number of enemies, including a
wide variety of viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, insects, and other herbivorous, which are …

Insecticidal activity and possible modes of action of secondary metabolites of some fungal strains and wild plants as natural pesticides against Spodoptera frugiperda

RRH Abdullah, AH Abd El-Wahab… - Beni-Suef University …, 2024 - Springer
Background The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is an invasive and
destructive pest to certain strategic crops, especially maize in Egypt. This research was …

Bioactive Phytochemicals from Castor (Ricinus communis Linneo) Seed Oil Processing By-products

N Cheikhyoussef, A Cheikhyoussef - Bioactive Phytochemicals from …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Castor (Ricinus communis Linneo) belongs to the plant family of Euphorbiaceae
and is a crop intensively cultivated to produce oil from its seeds. There is a high demand of …

Plant secondary metabolites in stress tolerance

E Koç, B Karayiğit - Climate-resilient agriculture, Vol 1: Crop responses …, 2023 - Springer
Secondary metabolites are natural defense elements that play a vital role in plant defense
against adverse environmental conditions. The amounts of secondary metabolites increase …

Rapid Isolation of Ricinine, a Pyridone Alkaloid from Ricinus communis (L.) with Antifungal Properties

P Saravana Kumar, Y Li, M He, P Yuvaraj… - Journal of Biologically …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The present study introduces an effective and rapid method for isolation of antifungal
compound ricinine from Ricinus communis (L.). In this respect, the tender leaves of R …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical determination of some mineral and trace elements in medicinal Castor plant (Ricinus communis L.) by instrumental neutron activation analysis

B Nedjimi - Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals, 2022 - Elsevier
Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INNA) has been applied to determine some
mineral and trace elements (As, Ba, Br, Ca, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, K, La, Na, Rb, Sb, Sc …