Mushrooms are widely available around the world and have various nutritional as well as therapeutic values. Many Asian cultures believe that medicinal mushrooms can prolong life and improve vitality. This study aims to characterize the phytochemical and polysaccharide content, mainly β-glucan content, of mycelial biomass and fruiting bodies collected from the Himalayan region, particularly Uttarakhand.
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August 2023
The lead is poisonous metal and because of its chemical nature it acts as an environmental contaminant through the water or soil and it becomes toxic to humans. The toxicity of Pb occurs as a change in the conformation of nucleic acid and protein, inhibition of enzyme activity, disruption of membrane function and oxidative phosphorylation. For protoplast preparation, the removal of the cell wall and protoplast formation obtained by specific lytic enzyme.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mushrooms exist as an integral and vital component of the ecosystem and are very precious fungi. Mushrooms have been traditionally used in herbal medicines for many centuries.
Scope And Approach: There are a variety of medicinal mushrooms mentioned in the current work such as sp.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther
February 2022
Introduction: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019 and subsequently, declared a pandemic. As of 3 June 2021, 172,493,290 individuals have acquired COVID-19 and 3,708,334 patients have died worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.
Areas Covered: This review explores epidemiology; virology; pathogenesis; genomic variations; mode of transmission; clinical occurrence; diagnosis; and treatment with antiviral agents, antibiotics, and supportive therapies.
The bioremediation of beverage (treated and untreated) effluent was investigated in the current study by using the potential strains of Bacillus sp. (BK1) and Aspergillus sp. (BK2).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe emergence of nanosystems for different biomedical and drug delivery applications has drawn the attention of researchers worldwide. The likeness of microorganisms including bacteria, yeast, algae, fungi, and even viruses toward metals is well-known. Higher tolerance to toxic metals has opened up new avenues of designing microbial fabricated nanomaterials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCOVID-19, a pandemic of the 21st century caused by novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was originated from China and shallowed world economy and human resource. The medical cures via herbal treatments, antiviral drugs, and vaccines still in progress, and studying rigorously. SARS-CoV-2 is more virulent than its ancestors due to evolution in the spike protein(s), mediates viral attachment to the host's membranes.
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March 2019
Excess of sludge generated during activated sludge process by various industries is causing sludge disposable problem worldwide. Sludge contains organic materials of a highly complex mixture of molecules with some toxic compounds. Thus, the harmful effect of sludge could be managed by processing of sludge and recovery of useful products.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA combination of biological and chemical methods was applied in the present study to evaluate the removal of arsenic (As) from contaminated soil. The treatment involved As-oxidizing microbes aimed of transforming the more toxic As (III) to less toxic As (V) in the soil. FeCl was added at three different concentrations (1, 2, and 3%) to stabilize the As (V).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present research focused on 2,3,4,6-Tetrachlorophenol (2,3,4,6-TeCP) mineralizing bacterium from the sludge of pulp and paper industry and identified as Pseudomonas sp. CL7 by 16s rRNA gene sequences analysis. This isolate degraded 2,3,4,6-TeCP as indicated by stoichiometric release of chloride and biomass formation.
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December 2015
Xinjiang province is one of the unhealthiest region in China due to natural as well as man-made activities. Here soil and water having high concentration of multi-metals especially arsenic content in the soil and water is a major threat to the peoples which suffers regularly from arsenic contamination therefore multiple diseases and illness is the common phenomenon. Therefore this area urgently needed a comprehensive assessment by governmental and nongovernmental organization to cope up with this problem and find a miracle solution which can remediate soil and water quality.
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February 2014
Chlorophenols contamination is serious concern to the environment due toxicity to all forms of life. Among all the chlorophenols, pentachlorophenol (PCP) is more detrimental to the environment. Pentachlorophenol used as pesticide, herbicide, antifungal agent and wood preservative which causes environmental pollution.
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September 2008
This epidemiological cross-sectional study was conducted in five major pig-producing districts of CDR, Nepal from November 2006 to April 2007. A total of 576 slaughtered pigs were randomly selected and diaphragmatic crus muscles (n = 551), corresponding sera (n = 487) and sera only (n = 25) were collected from them. Meat samples were examined by pepsin digestion to evaluate for larvae of Trichinella spp.
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