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Scientific basis for the therapeutic use of Cymbopogon citratus, stapf (Lemon grass)

Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research, 2011
Cymbopogon citratus, Stapf (Lemon grass) is a widely used herb in tropical countries, especially in Southeast Asia. The essential oil of the plant is used in aromatherapy.
Gagan Shah, Richa Shri, Vivek Panchal, Narender Sharma, Bharpur Singh, A S Mann   +5 more
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Evaluation of amoebicidal potential of Paneth cell cryptdin-2 against Entamoeba histolytica.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011
BackgroundAmoebiasis is a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. Currently, metronidazole is the gold choice medication for the treatment of this disease.
Simran Preet, Sanjay Bharati, Geeta Shukla, Ashwani Koul, Praveen Rishi   +4 more
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Brain-Eating Amoeba Meets Plant Defense: In Vitro and In Silico Evaluation of Malabaricones as Potent Anti-Naegleria fowleri Agents

Progress in Microbes and Molecular Biology
Naegleria fowleri (N. fowleri) is a thermophilic, free-living amoeba that causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rapidly fatal brain infection with a mortality rate exceeding 97%.
Kavitha Rajendran, Lemmuel Tayo, Marineil Gomez, Devandran Apparasamy, Haema Thevanayagam, Shealtiel William Chan, Ryan Christian Mailem, Regine Menente, Catherine Joyce Rueda, Yasodha Sivasothy, Muhamad Aqmal Othman, Usman Ahmed, Niwasini Krishna Kumar, Chris Izaak Jones, Ayaz Anwar   +14 more
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ANTI-MICROBIAL AND ANTI-AMOEBIC ACTIVITY SOME AZOMETHINES - POTENTIAL TEXTILE DYESTUFFS [PDF]

Annals of the University of Oradea: Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherwork, 2016
In this paper, new synthesized three azomethine derivatives applied in dyeing textiles checking the anti-microbial properties of active components, at the same time [1-3].
DJORDJEVIC Dragan, AMIN Goran, MICIC Aleksandra, MILIC Dragan, SMELCEROVIC Miodrag   +4 more
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Drug modifications: graphene oxide-chitosan loading enhanced anti-amoebic effects of pentamidine and doxycycline

Parasitology Research
Acanthamoeba castellanii is the causative pathogen of a severe eye infection, known as Acanthamoeba keratitis and a life-threatening brain infection, named granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. Current treatments are problematic and costly and exhibit limited efficacy against Acanthamoeba parasite, especially the cyst stage. In parallel to drug discovery
Jabri, Tooba, Daalah, Meshal, Alawfi, Bader S., Gul, Jasra, Ahmed, Usman, Shah, Muhammad Raza, Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah, Ying, Tan Yee, Tong, Yeo Jia, Anwar, Ayaz   +10 more
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The plant microbiome: From ecological foundations to precision microbial engineering for sustainable agriculture

iMeta, EarlyView.
From ecological principles to precision engineering of plant microbiomes for sustainable agriculture. The plant holobiont integrates diverse microbial niches (including rhizosphere, endosphere, phyllosphere, seed, and aerial‐root mucilagesphere), host genetics (namely M genes), and host metabolites. Furthermore, molecular dialogues, including rhizobial
Mi Wei, Tengxiang Lian, Liying Chen, Lanxiang Wang, Junjie Ye, Xiaofang Yao, Shilong Duan, Ziyu Lu, Jinji Tu, Hongfu Li, Xin‐Yue Xu, Jie Zhou, Junliang He, Feiying Zhu, Paola Bonfante, Lam‐Son Phan Tran, Zhiqiang Pang, Xin Zhou, Zhihui Xu, Lin Zhang, Mengcen Wang, Xiaolin Wang, Chang‐Fu Tian, Yong‐Xin Liu, Kai Sun, Ertao Wang, Xianan Xie   +26 more
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Chlorhexidine 0.02% or polyhexamethylene biguanide 0.02% as the main treatment for Acanthamoeba keratitis

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To report medical cure and treatment failure rates of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) with respect to type of treatment, disease stage and prognostic factors. Methods Electronic records were reviewed for 45 patients with PCR‐positive AK treated at the Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark from 2012 to 2025 ...
Anders Ivarsen, Sandra M. Skovdal, Stine Elkjær Nielsen, Christen Rune Stensvold, Henrik Vedel Nielsen, Jesper Hjortdal   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Nonsteroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drugs for Food‐Producing Animals With a Focus on Potential Applications for Farmed Finfish

Journal of Fish Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In finfish aquaculture, there are several inflammatory diseases impacting productivity and animal welfare, however there are limited options available to veterinarians to treat inflammation and pain in fish. Nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used in terrestrial animals raised for human consumption to treat a range of ...
Chloe J. English, Christine Huynh, William Roy, James W. Wynne, Hamish Rodger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Form of Agency

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Philosophers often think agency is essentially connected with rationality, intention, or control. However, Minimalists argue that agency is just the power to cause a change; acids and boulders are agents too. Many philosophers treat Minimalism as a wild outlier, assuming its falsity without argument.
William Hornett
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Screening of the Anti-amoebic Effect of Boric Acid on Acanthamoeba spp. and Its Cytotoxic Activity on Human Neuroblastoma and Keratinocyte Cell Lines

Düzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
Aim: Acanthamoeba spp. infections are rare but may cause severe keratitis. Boric acid (BA) is widely used in ophthalmic solutions because of its buffering and antiseptic properties. This study aimed to evaluate the direct anti-amoebic activity of BA on Acanthamoeba spp.
Ömer Erdoğan, Erdogan Malatyali
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