Phytochemical analysis, antioxidant and in vitro β-galactosidase inhibition activities of Juniperus phoenicea and Calicotome villosa methanolic extracts.

Background: Juniperus Phoenicea (JP) and Calicotome Villosa (CV) are used by Jordanian populations as herbal remedies in traditional medicine. Herein, the phytochemical contents of their methanolic extracts were analyzed and their antioxidant as well as in vitro anti- β-Galactosidase activities were evaluated; their effect on β-Galactosidase enzyme kinetics was evaluated and the thermodynamic of the enzyme was determined.

Methods: The antioxidant activity of JP and CV crude methanolic extracts was evaluated using 1,1-diphenyl,2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assays; however, the effect of the plants' crude extracts on β-Galactosidase activity and kinetics was evaluated in vitro.

Facial myiasis and canthariasis associated with systemic lupus panniculitis: a case report.

Background: Infestation of insects can cause myiasis due to dipetran larvae and canthariasis due to coleopteran larval or adult stages.

Objective: To report a case of facial myiasis and canthariasis in a patient known to have panniculitis due to systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

Method: Larval and pupal stages of insects were recovered from the face of a patient, mounted, and identified.