Antimicrobial Activity of Frankincense () Oil and Smoke against Pathogenic and Airborne Microbes.

As they continuously evolve, plants will remain a renewable source for antimicrobial compounds. Omani frankincense is produced by trees and is graded into Hojari, Nejdi, Shazri or Sha'bi. Air can be a source for pathogenic or food spoilage microbes; thus, inactivating airborne microbes is necessary in environments such as food and animal production areas.

The Disinfecting Potential of Contact Lens Soutions used by Sultan Qaboos University Students.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the disinfecting potential of some contact lens solutions used by some university students in Oman.

Methods: This work was carried out from January to June 2010 in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Fifty disinfecting solutions, in which contact lenses were disinfected according to the manufacturers' instructions, were collected from the students and plated on various microbiological culture media.

The antibacterial activity of honey on helicobacter pylori.

Objective: This project aimed to assess the antibacterial potential of various brands of honey sold in Muscat area on some isolates of H. pylori and to determine if there is any synergy between honey and amoxycillin or clarithromycin used in the treatment of H. pylori gastritis and duodenal ulcer.

Nature of bacteria found on some wards in Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman.

This study aims to determine what objects lying in the hospital environment or brought in from outside contribute to the introduction of bacteria associated with nosocomial infections. One hundred swab specimens collected from children's toys, sinks, door handles, telephone handsets and flowers brought into the hospital were plated on different culture media. Colonial growth on the media was purified and identified subsequently using standard bacteriological methods.

Antimicrobial activities of clove and thyme extracts.

Objective: It has been postulated that geographical locations of the herbs affect the constituents of their essential oils and thus the degree of their antimicrobial action. This study examine two samples of clove obtained from Sri Lanka and Zanzibar and two samples of thyme from Iran and Oman to determine the antimicrobial potential of their extracted oils.

Method: The active agents in each plant were extracted by steam distillation and by boiling.