Publications by authors named "A A Makhlouf"

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a critical global health threat, driving the search for alternative treatments to conventional antibiotics. In this study, the antibacterial properties of honeybee venom (BV) and fungal red dye (RD) were evaluated against three multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Extracts of BV and RD exhibited dose-dependent antibacterial activity against the three tested bacteria, with their strongest effectiveness against (minimum inhibitory concentrations [MIC] = 3.

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Medical plants play a crucial role in the pharmaceutical industry due to their natural synthesis of active compounds. Synthetic methods exist, which provide fewer effective molecules compared to those naturally occurring. , a significant medicinal plant, synthesizes vital vinca alkaloids and various secondary metabolites widely used in cancer and hypertension treatment.

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Background: Over the past decades, a substantial portion of the population worldwide has been infected with varicella zoster and most cases developed shingles. Unfortunately, shingles is usually accompanied by postherpetic neuralgia, which may persist for months to years after the resolution of the viral infection.

Objectives: Gabapentin is an orally gamma-aminobutyric acid analogue approved by the Food and Drug Administration to manage shingles postherpetic neuralgia.

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Introduction: The grading of glial tumors is based on morphological and sometimes on molecular features. Many markers have been assessed in order to grade the glial tumours without a real consensus. Some authors reported that SRSF1, a spiling factor, presents an expression correlated to the tumours grades.

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Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are the precursors of gametes and the sole mechanism by which animals transmit genetic information across generations. In the mouse embryo, the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of PGC specification has been extensively characterized. However, the initial event that triggers the soma-germline segregation remains poorly understood.

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