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Anti-Acanthamoeba metallopharmaceuticals: Amoebicidal activity and synergistic effect of copper(II) coordination compound
Acanthamoeba spp. emerged as a clinically important pathogen related to amoebic keratitis. It is among the main causes of corneal transplantation and...
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Chemical Composition, Antimicrobial, Antiparasitic, and Cytotoxic Activities of Rhanterium intermedium Pomel Leaves Essential Oil
This study evaluates the chemical composition, antimicrobial, antiparasitic, and cytotoxic activities of essential oil extracted from Rhanterium...
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Other Anti-Infectious Drugs
This chapter on anti-infectious drugs but excluding the antibiotics—the latter being used for the treatment of bacterial diseases—comprises a long...
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Bioprospecting of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites of Endophytic Fungi of Carapichea ipecacuanha (Rubiaceae), a Neotropical Medicinal Species
The discovery of new bioactive metabolites has become a focus of study in the search for highly efficient methods for the prevention, control, and...
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Sex Difference in Amebiasis
Infection with the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica is much more likely to cause severe, focal liver damage in males than females, although...
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Acanthamoeba, Naegleria, and Balamuthia in Transplant Patients: An Emerging Threat
Free-living amoebae (FLA) are ubiquitous in the environment. Although they rarely cause infection in humans, when they do so, the infection is often...
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Synthesis and Deep Purification of Tin Tetrachloride
AbstractThe results of development of physicochemical fundamentals for the synthesis and deep purification of tin tetrachloride have been described....
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Acanthamoeba, Naegleria, and Balamuthia in Transplant Patients: An Emerging Threat
Free-living amoebae (FLA) are ubiquitous in the environment. Although they rarely cause infection in humans, when they do so, the infection is often...
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Global Approach for Drug Discovery and Development from Indian Traditional Medicine
Traditional medicine is the fusion of therapeutic experiences of generations of general physicians, tribal and rural peoples of indigenous systems of...
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Hepatic Parasitosis
Liver is the most frequently affected human organ by parasites. Both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients can be examined for parasitic lesions in...
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Evaluating the efficacy of nitazoxanide in uncomplicated amebic liver abscess
BackgroundAmebic liver abscess is treated successfully with metronidazole or another nitroimidazole drug followed by a luminal amebicide....
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Contribution of Host Immunity to the Development of Entamoeba histolytica-Induced Liver Abscess
Amebic liver abscess (ALA) is a focal destruction of the liver tissue due to infection with the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica (E....
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Molecular mechanism of Escherichia coli H10407 induced diarrhoea and its control through immunomodulatory action of bioactives from Simarouba amara (Aubl.)
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infection is a major cause of death in children under the age of five in develo** countries. ETEC...
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The IL-33-ILC2 pathway protects from amebic colitis
Entamoeba histolytica is a pathogenic protozoan parasite that causes intestinal colitis, diarrhea, and in some cases, liver abscess. Through...
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Review of Piper species growing in the Brazilian State of Paraná with emphasize on the vegetative anatomy and biological activities
The State of Parana has a diversity of plants that are used in the traditional medicine and among them are some of the representatives of the...
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Ethnomedicine and Role of Plant Metabolites
Plants have been used for the treatment of various human ailments since ancient times. Bioactive compounds of plant origin are of great interest in...
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Phytochemical and Biological Properties of Lippia gracilis
Lippia gracilis Schauer is popularly known as “alecrim-da-chapada” and “candeia-de-queimar.” It is a native plant in the semiarid region of Northeast...
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Peanut
Peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a very useful oilseed crop which is commercially grown all over the world for oil production. Hence,...
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Master Molecules of Spices
Spices are natural products of plant origin, used primarily for flavoring, for seasoning, or for adding pungency and color or all of them to foods...
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Spices: Definition, Classification, History, and Role in Indian Life
Spices are natural products of plant origin, used primarily for flavoring and seasoning or for adding pungency and color to foods and beverages. The...