July 2011

Research impetus towards biomolecular medicines development: A review

  Research towards molecular medicines development for non-infectious diseases such as cardio-vascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, neuro-degenerative diseases and musculo-skeletal joint inflammatory disorders (arthritis) needs a fresh impetus, in view of the developments in the assessment of the therapeutic proteins such as interferons, cytokines, interleukins, erythropoietin H, somatostatin, defensins, tumor...

Author(s): Ramalingam K., Indra D., Ambiga S. and Mathiyalagan A.

July 2011

Antibacterial efficacy of nisin, pediocin 34 and enterocin FH99 against Listeria monocytogenes, Enterococcus faecium and bacteriocin cross resistance and antibiotic susceptibility of their bacteriocin resistant variants

  The bacteriocin susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes MTCC 657, Enterococcus faeciumDSMZ 20477, E. faecium VRE, and E. faecalis ATCC 29212 and their corresponding bacteriocin resistant variants was assessed. The single and combined effect of nisin and pediocin 34 and enterocin FH99 bacteriocins produced by Pediococcus pentosaceus 34, and E....

Author(s): Gurpreet Kaur, Ravinder Kumar Malik, Tejinder Pal Singh, Arun Bhardwaj, Naresh Kumar Shilpa Vij and Sachinandan De

July 2011

Biochemical composition and antimicrobial activities of seed extracts of avocado (Persea americana)

  The nutrient and antinutrient compositions of the seed of Persea americana were determined prior to the determination of antimicrobial activities of the seed extracts. The seeds were treated to provide the hot water, cold water, methanol and ethanol extracts, which were tested on susceptible micro-organisms such as Eschericha coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,Staphylococcus...

Author(s): Nwaoguikpe R. N., Braide W. and Ujowundu C. O.

July 2011

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex drug resistance pattern and identification of species causing tuberculosis (TB) in the South and East regions of Cameroon

  Despite advances made in the treatment of tuberculosis (TB), resistance to first line drugs remains a major public health problem, particularly in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to identify the bacterial species causing pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and evaluate resistance to first line drugs in the south and east regions of Cameroon. A total of 372 patients with clinical symptoms of...

Author(s): Jean-Paul Assam-Assam, Veronique Beng Penlap, Fidelis Cho-Ngwa, Jean-Claude Tedom, Irene Ane-Anyangwe and Vincent P. K. Titanji