Syzgium cumini seed/poly vinyl alcohol based water resistant biodegradable nano-cellulose composite reinforced with zinc oxide and silver oxide nanoparticles for improved mechanical properties.

The current work explored a comparative study of biodegradable jamun seed/polyvinyl alcohol (JS) nanocomposites reinforced with varying concentrations of ZnO and AgO nano-fillers. The effect of spherical shaped ZnO and AgO nanoparticles (NPs) on the on structure, morphology, swelling and solubility, crystallinity and mechanical properties together with biodegradation performance of the composite films was fully studied. SEM results showed uniform distribution of ZnO and AgO nanofillers into the JS matrix and dense or compact nanocomposite films were formed.

Addressing sexual assault in Pakistan: Insights from an analysis of female survivors at Lahore General Hospital.

Background & Objective: Rape is a severe kind of sexual violence that represents a significant violation of human rights. The objective was to investigate the demographic and clinical features of female survivors of sexual assault in Lahore, Pakistan.

Method: A retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Forensic Medicine of Lahore General Hospital, analysing records of female sexual assault survivors investigated by affiliated police stations from November 2020 to November 2022.

Global distribution, traditional and modern detection, diagnostic, and management approaches of associated with legume crops.

Sustainable development relies heavily on a food system that is both safe and secure. Several approaches may lead to sustainability and food safety. An increase in the cultivation of legume crops is one of the approaches for enhancing agricultural viability and ensuring adequate food supply.

Physcion and Physcion 8-O-β-D-glucopyranoside: Natural Anthraquinones with Potential Anticancer Activities.

Nature has provided prodigious reservoirs of pharmacologically active compounds for drug development since times. Physcion and physcion 8-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (PG) are bioactive natural anthraquinones which exert anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties with minimum or no adverse effects. Moreover, physcion also exhibits anti-microbial and hepatoprotective properties, while PG is known to have anti-sepsis as well as ameliorative activities against dementia.

Green synthesis of zinc ferrite nanoparticles for photocatalysis of methylene blue.

In this study, zinc ferrite nanoparticles (ZF-NPs) were synthesized using aqueous seed extract of as a bio-reducing and stabilizing agent. FTIR, SEM, FE-SEM, XRD, and TGA have been used for characterizing ZF-NPs. The results showed that stabilized ZF-NPs have high purity and size range of 60-80 nm.

Critical review on the chemical reduction of nitroaniline.

Conversion of nitroaniline (NA), a highly toxic pollutant that has been released into aquatic systems due to unmanaged industrial development in recent years, into the less harmful or a useful counterpart is the need of the hour. Various methods for its conversion and removal have been explored. Owing to its nominal features of advanced effectiveness, the chemical reduction of 4-NA using various different nanocatalytic systems is one such approach that has attracted tremendous interest over the past few years.

Potential perspectives of biodegradable plastics for food packaging application-review of properties and recent developments.

Potential hazardous effects caused by non-biodegradable plastics are considered to be one of the most widely discussed and notable challenges of the 21st century. To address this particular problem, immense efforts have been devoted to the preparation of biodegradable plastics material. This green approach mitigates the major drawbacks e.

Nanocatalytic Assemblies for Catalytic Reduction of Nitrophenols: A Critical Review.

Nitrophenol is common carcinogenic pollutant known for its adverse effects on human beings and aquatic life. During the last few decades, the chemical reduction of nitrophenol compounds has been widely reported as the advanced removal methodology for such hazardous dyes from aqueous reservoirs. Many researchers have utilized different nanocatalytic systems using sodium borohydride (NaBH) as the reducing agent for acquiring industrially useful reduction product of aminophenol by carrying out the chemical reduction of nitrophenols.

Phylogenetic analyses of human 1/2/8/20 paralogons suggest segmental duplications during animal evolution.

Susumu Ohno hypothesized that the diversity of vertebrate gene families and genome is due to two rounds of whole genome duplications (also referred as 2R hypothesis). The quadruplicate paralogous blocks present on 1/2/8/20 chromosomes are taken as one of the evidences in favor of the 2R. In this study, we investigated that whether 2R has shaped the vertebrate evolution using gene families residing on chromosomes 1/2/8/20.

Computational Protein-Protein Docking Reveals the Therapeutic Potential of Kunitz-type Venom against hKv1.2 Binding Sites.

Background & Objective: Kunitz-type venoms are bioactive proteins isolated from a wide variety of venomous animals. These venoms are involved in protease inhibitory activity or potassium channel blocking activity. Therefore, they are reported as an important source for lead drug candidates towards protease or channel associated diseases like neurological, metabolic and cardiovascular disorders.

Peganum harmalapeptides (PhAMP) impede bacterial growth and biofilm formation in burn and surgical wound pathogens.

Many clinical-pathogens have developed resistance against known antibiotics and there is an urgent need for the discovery of novel antibiotics. In this study, low molecular weight peptides were isolated from seeds/leaves of 20 medicinal plants and tested for their antibacterial activity against laboratory strains of S. aureusand P.

Facile synthesis of silver nanoparticles in a crosslinked polymeric system by in situ reduction method for catalytic reduction of 4-nitroaniline.

In this study, poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) microgels prepared by free radical precipitation polymerization were used as micro-reactors for the synthesis and stabilization of silver nanoparticles. UV-Visible spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize both pure and hybrid microgels. The catalytic reduction of 4-nitroaniline was carried out in the presence of hybrid microgels to test their catalytic activity, and the catalysis mechanism was explored by varying the concentrations of reacting species like 4-nitroaniline and NaBH, as well as the dose of the catalyst.

Cervical cancer complicating pregnancy: implications of laparoscopic lymphadenectomy.

Objective: To define a strategy for lymph node staging in cervical carcinoma complicating pregnancy.

Material And Methods: Eight patients undergoing laparoscopic pelvic (+/-para-aortic) lymphadenectomy during pregnancy (12 to 32 weeks of gestation) between 1994 and 2006 were included. The FIGO stage of cervical cancer was IB1 for five women, IB2 for two women, and IIIA for one woman.