Ethnomedicinal Knowledge and Traditional Methodology for the Preparation of Fermented Butter "" Among the Rural People of Northern Morocco: A Field Study.

Several rural Moroccan people depend on natural remedies such as (ghee) before visiting a health center due to their low cost and accessibility. However, knowledge of traditional medicine is not documented but rather transferred orally from generation to generation. This is the first qualitative ethnomedicinal study that provides and documents information about the medicinal use of in Northern Morocco.

Bordetella holmesii: Causative agent of pertussis.

Bordetella holmesii is a bacterium recently recognized in 1995. It is a gram-negative coccobacillus that can cause pertussis-like symptoms in humans as well as invasive infections. It is often confused with Bordetella pertussis because routine diagnostic tests for whooping cough are not species-specific.

Graphene quantum dots based on cannabis seeds for efficient wound healing in a mouse incisional wound model: Link with stress and neurobehavioral effect.

Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are promising biomaterials with potential applicability in several areas due to their many useful and unique features. Among different applications, GQDs are photodynamic therapy agents that generate single oxygen and improve antimicrobial activity. In the present study, and for the first time, GQD were isolated from the Cannabis sativa L.

Synthesis and antibacterial activity of new 1,2,3-triazolylmethyl-2H-1,4-benzothiazin-3(4H)-one derivatives.

Background: A novel series of 1,2,3-triazole derivatives containing 1,4-benzothiazin-3-one ring (7a-9a, 7b-9b), (10a-12a, 10b-12b) and (13-15) were synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of azides α-D-galactopyranoside azide F, 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-(D)-glucopyranosyl azide G and methyl-N-benzoyl-α-azidoglycinate H with compounds 4-6.

Findings: Initially, the reactions were conducted under thermal conditions in ethanol. The reaction leads, each time, to the formation of two regioisomers: (Schemes 2, 3) with yields of 17 to 21% for 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole-regioisomers (7b-12b) and yields ranging from 61 to 65% for the 1,4-disubstituted regioisomers (7a-12a).

[Microbiological quality of wheat flour consumed in Morocco].

Cereal products (soft and hard wheat) are a basic staple food in the Moroccan diet. A total of 60 samples of two types of wheat flours used for human consumption were collected; 30 samples among this collection were obtained from various households using Moroccan varieties of wheat produced in traditional flour mills. The rest of the samples were purchased from retail wheat flour sources in the Rabat and Sale city markets.

Optimization of composition of media for the production of extracellular glucoamylase by Candida guilliermendii.

The combined effects of macronutrients of media on glucoamylase production by Candida guilliermendii were studied using Design Of Experiment (DOE). A 2(P-k) factorial design was chosen to explain fifteen medium constituents: pH, Starch, Sucrose, Yeast extract, Peptone, NH4Cl (NH4)2HPO4, NH4NO3, CH4NO2 (NH4)2SO4, CaCl2, MnCl2, FeCl2, ZnCl2 and MgCl2 and analyse the results. This procedure limited the number of actual experiments performed while allowing for possible interactions between components.