Publications by authors named "Noha M Deghiedy"

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder marked by cognitive impairment and memory loss. In this study, AD was experimentally induced in rats using aluminum chloride (AlCl) and D-galactose (D-gal). Fisetin (Fis), a natural compound with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, has potential for neurodegeneration management, but its low bioavailability limits clinical applications.

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To address escalating environmental and sustainability concerns of petroleum-based superplasticizers (SPs), this work aims to develop sustainable and eco-friendly starch-based SPs using gamma radiation for maintaining the desired workability of geopolymeric pastes. Specifically, two green SPs were prepared from starch via radiation-induced grafting of two sulfonic group-bearing monomers, namely 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS) and 4-styrene sulfonic acid sodium salt (Na4SS). The grafting reaction was improved by initial modification of starch with glycidyl methacrylate to insert vinyl groups into the starch backbone.

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Calcium carbonate microspheres are attractive for their biocompatibility, high loading capacity and easy preparation. They can be used in biomedicine and catalytic applications. In the present work, calcium carbonate microspheres were surface modified with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) followed by irradiation at 5 kGy prior to coating with sp.

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Rutin (RUT) is a biologically active flavonoid that is reported to modulate radiation-induced brain dysfunctions. However, RUT's poor water solubility and low brain bioavailability limit its clinical use. To increase its brain bioavailability, RUT was loaded onto nanoplatforms based on chitosan/diacrylated pluronic (CS/DA-PLUR) nanogels synthesized by gamma radiation.

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Practically, 12% of used dyes are excluded as waste in the mobile aqueous environment. Methyl orange (MO), an industrial azo dye, is known to be carcinogenic. Accordingly, this work was engaged to fabrication of a high-efficiency visible light photocatalysts based on Ag-Alginate/Chitosan-coated MgO nanocomposite beads.

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Herein, the efficacy of free deferiprone (DFP) and DFP-loaded starch/polyethylene glycol/polyacrylic acid (St/PEG/PAAc) nanogel [Nano-DFP] in modulating the biochemical changes induced by glycerol model of rhabdomyolysis (RBD) in male rats was investigated. In this respect, gamma radiation-induced crosslinking was used to produce St/PEG/PAAc nanogel particles, and then, it was used as a nanocarrier for DFP as an attempt to overcome the poor bioavailability and short half-life of DFP. St/PEG/PAAc nanogel was characterized by Fourier transform infrared, dynamic light scattering and Transmission electron microscopy.

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