Publications by authors named "Kloula Ben Ghorbal Salma"

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  • - This study investigates the link between maternal fatty acid (FA) levels during pregnancy and the risk of neural tube defects (NTDs), assessing various nutrient levels like vitamin D, homocysteine, vitamin B, and folate in relation to the cases.
  • - Results show that women with NTD cases had higher levels of specific fatty acids (like heptadecanoic and arachidonic acid) and lower levels of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) compared to controls.
  • - Additionally, maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) was found to positively correlate with certain polyunsaturated fatty acids, while RBC folate levels were negatively correlated
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It was known that UVc irradiation increases the reactive oxygen species' (ROS) levels in bacteria hence the intervention of antioxidant enzymes and causes also changes in fatty acids (FAs) composition enabling bacteria to face antibiotics. Here, we intended to elucidate an interrelationship between SOD and susceptibility to antibiotics by studying FA membrane composition of UVc-treated P. aeruginosa PAO1 and its isogenic mutants (sodM, sodB and sod MB) membrane, after treatment with antibiotics.

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The modeling of the response of living organisms to a change in environment is an important issue of current interest. An example is the effect of ultraviolet radiation on biological systems. In this paper, molecular and analytical identification of isolate were reported.

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It was well known that, UV-C irradiation increase considerably the reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. In the enzymatic ROS-scavenging pathways, superoxide dismutase (SOD), Catalase (CAT), and peroxidase (POX) were developed to deal with oxidative stress. In this study, we investigated the effects of UV-C radiations on antioxidant enzymes (catalase, superoxide dismutase, and peroxidases) expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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