A Systemic Review for Ethnopharmacological Studies on Fortune: Bioactive Compounds and their Therapeutic Insights.

Fortune is a biennial Chinese woad of the Cruciferae family. It is primarily cultivated in China, where it was a staple in indigo dye manufacture till the end of the 17th century. Today, is used primarily as a therapeutic herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

A three-dimensional (3D) printing approach to fabricate an isolation chip for high throughput cultivation of environmental microbes.

The full plethora of environmental bacteria is often poorly represented as the majority remain difficult, if not impossible, to culture under standard laboratory settings. These bacteria often require native conditions for the formation of cell masses that collectively have higher chances of survival. With that, a 3D-printed version of the isolation chip (iChip) was used to cultivate bacteria from a tropical peat swamp prior to growth and maintenance .

Extremely low prevalence in soil-transmitted helminth infections among a multi-ethnic community in Segamat, Malaysia.

Soil-transmitted helminth infections (STHs) are recognized as a major health issue among socio-economically deprived communities. However, information is still lacking regarding the prevalence rates of STHs in the broader community across different countries in the tropics. This community study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors for STHs in semi-rural communities in Segamat of Johor, Malaysia.

Molecular typing of multi-drug resistant Candida albicans isolated from the Segamat community, Malaysia.

In the past decade, researchers have focused on the emergence of drug resistance in fungal pathogens such as Candida albicans, also considered as pathobionts that occur harmlessly in the human body but could potentially be triggered to cause diseases. The increasing rate of antifungal resistance in commensal gut fungi is alarming and should be further investigated. Here, we report seven novel MLST (Multi Locus Sequence Typing) genotypes of multi-drug resistant C.

sp. nov., isolated from subsurface soil and leaf litter in a tropical peat swamp forest.

A Gram-negative, filamentous aerobic bacterium designated as strain Mgbs1 was isolated on 12 April 2017 from the subsurface soil and leaf litter substrate at the base of a tree in a tropical peat swamp forest in the northern regions of the state of Selangor, Malaysia (3° 39' 04.7' N 101° 17' 43.7'' E).

Human intestinal parasitic infection: a narrative review on global prevalence and epidemiological insights on preventive, therapeutic and diagnostic strategies for future perspectives.

Introduction: Intestinal parasitic infection (IPI) is a global health concern among socioeconomically deprived communities in many developing countries. Many preventative strategies have been deployed to control IPI, however, there is a lack in standards on the techniques used to diagnose and monitor the prevalence of IPI.

Areas Covered: The present article will review the diseases associated with IPI and discuss the current IPI control strategies such as the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions, community-led total sanitation (CLTS) approach, and regular anthelminthic treatments.

First reported case of Gilbertella persicaria in human stool: outcome of a community study from Segamat, Johor, Malaysia.

Species of fungi belonging to the order Mucorales can be found everywhere in the environment. Gilbertella persicaria, which belongs to this order, have often been isolated from fruits and in water systems. However, there has been no report of isolation of this fungus from human samples.

Safely Dissolvable and Healable Active Packaging Films Based on Alginate and Pectin.

Extensive usage of long-lasting petroleum based plastics for short-lived application such as packaging has raised concerns regarding their role in environmental pollution. In this research, we have developed active, healable, and safely dissolvable alginate-pectin based biocomposites that have potential applications in food packaging. The morphological study revealed the rough surface of these biocomposite films.