Endophytic Proteus bacterium from Ethiopian medicinal plant shows antibacterial activity in lab tests
A bacterium isolated from the roots of the traditional medicinal plant Echinops kebericho M. showed antibacterial activity against E. coli ...
Tag: antibacterial activity
Microcapsules of Lactic Acid and Ajwain Oil Show Early Promise Against Clostridium perfringens
Spray-dried microcapsules co-encapsulating lactic acid and ajwain essential oil showed antibacterial activity in vitro and partially attenuated infection-associated changes in ...
Khat Leaf Extract Yields Silver Nanoparticles That Inhibit Two Pathogenic Bacteria
Ethiopian researchers synthesized crystalline silver nanoparticles using Catha edulis leaf extract and measured inhibition zones against K. pneumoniae and S. ...
Avocado Seeds from Northern Tanzania Show Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activity in Lab Tests
A laboratory study of avocado seeds from northern Tanzania found concentration-dependent antibacterial activity against E. coli and S. aureus and ...
Annotation of secoiridoids in bioactive extracts of Ferdinandusa hirsuta Standl. (Rubiaceae) using untargeted LC-MS/MS based molecular network
Researchers report the first detection of secoiridoids in the Amazonian plant Ferdinandusa hirsuta and show that a branch extract kills ...
Copper Complexes Show Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Power in New Study
Three newly synthesized copper(II) complexes show strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activity in vitro, with the nitrate variant outperforming gentamicin against ...
Gene disruption yields new anthraquinone analogue with antibacterial and antimalarial activity
Researchers disrupted an O-methyltransferase gene in the kinanthraquinone biosynthetic cluster and isolated a new demethylated analogue whose activities reveal how ...
Fungus Living Inside Za’atar Leaves Yields Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Compounds
An endophytic Cladosporium fungus isolated from za'atar leaves produced 32 volatile compounds and 11 reference-confirmed metabolites and showed moderate antioxidant, ...
Self-healing waterborne polyurethane coatings combine UV curing with antibacterial ZnO
A UV-curable waterborne polyurethane acrylate coating with disulfide-based self-healing and MAPTMS-functionalized ZnO nanoparticles achieved up to 90 percent gel content, ...
Plant-based silver-copper oxide nanocomposite senses nitrite and curbs bacteria
Researchers report a Caesalpinia bonducella-derived Ag/CuO nanocomposite that detects nitrite down to 0.1 nanomolar by cyclic voltammetry and shows antibacterial ...
Ferrocene-Derived Carbon Nanotubes Inhibit E. coli in Laboratory Assays
Ferrocene-derived multi-walled carbon nanotubes inhibited E. coli ATCC 25922 in laboratory assays, with reported minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations of ...
Laboratory study reports first Mexican isolation of Halomicrobium mukohataei and assays its pigments
A laboratory study identified Halomicrobium mukohataei in Mexican coastal-lagoon brine and measured antioxidant, antibacterial and brine-shrimp cytotoxicity activity in its ...
Iranian Lycium shawii lab study reports antibacterial, anti-biofilm and MCF-7 cell-line effects
An in vitro study of Iranian Lycium shawii found antibacterial activity against four standard bacterial strains, reduced A. baumannii biofilm ...
Ultrasound-assisted solvent extraction boosts Houttuynia flavonoids
An optimized ultrasound-assisted deep eutectic solvent process yielded Houttuynia cordata flavonoids with antioxidant activity and inhibited two bacteria in vitro.
New Dung Fungus From Kenya Yields Novel Alkaloid With Antibacterial and Anticancer Potential
A newly described coprophilous fungus from Kenyan cow dung, Schizothecium keniense, produces the novel alkaloid pyrrospirone Z and other decahydrofluorene ...
Two New Fungi from Chinese Dead Wood Show Antibacterial and Antifungal Promise
Two novel fungal species discovered in decaying wood from northeast China produce crude extracts that inhibit Staphylococcus aureus and several ...
The Solvent Secret Behind Microwave Extraction of Indonesian Bay Leaf
A new study reveals that solvent choice in microwave-assisted extraction of Indonesian bay leaf rewrites the physics of the process, ...
Fire Rewrote the Recipe: A Decade of Kangaroo Island Honey Reveals a Landscape in Recovery
Chemical fingerprints in honey from the world's last Ligurian honeybee sanctuary reveal how the 2019–2020 bushfires permanently altered Kangaroo Island's ...
Veldt Grape Nanoparticles Emerge as a Green Weapon Against Drug-Resistant Superbugs
A comprehensive review finds that nanoparticles synthesized from the medicinal plant Cissus quadrangularis show potent activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria and ...
Papaya Latex Yields Multifunctional Cadmium Oxide Nanoparticles for Medicine and Water Cleanup
Indian researchers used papaya latex to synthesize cadmium oxide nanoparticles that show antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer, and photocatalytic activity in laboratory ...
