294 results match your criteria: "Arish University.[Affiliation]"

Phages for treatment Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.

Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci

April 2023

Center for Microbiology and Phage Therapy, Zewail City of Science and Technology, October Gardens, 6th of October City, Giza, Egypt; Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, Arish, Egypt. Electronic address:

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is denoted as one of the highly threatening bacteria to the public health. It has acquired many virulent factors and resistant genes that make it difficult to control with conventional antibiotics. Thus, bacteriophage therapy (phage therapy) is a proposed alternative to antibiotics to fight against multidrug-resistant P.

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Phages for treatment of Klebsiella pneumoniae infections.

Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci

September 2023

Center for Microbiology and Phage Therapy, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt; Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, Arish, Egypt. Electronic address:

Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen involved in both hospital- and community-acquired infections. K. pneumoniae is associated with various infections, including pneumonia, septicemia, meningitis, urinary tract infection, and surgical wound infection.

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Isolation, screening and characterization of phage.

Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci

September 2023

Center for Microbiology and Phage Therapy, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt; Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, Arish, Egypt.

Bacterial resistance threatens public health due to a lack of novel antibacterial classes since the 21 century. Bacteriophages, the most ubiquitous microorganism on Earth and natural predators of bacteria, have the potential to save the world from the post-antibiotic era. Therefore, phage isolation and characterization are in high demand to find suitable phages for therapeutic and bacterial control applications.

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An overview of tea saponin as a surfactant in food applications.

Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr

November 2024

School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.

The residue of seeds after oil extraction contains many bioactive ingredients, including tea saponin. Tea saponin has many pharmacological effects and is an excellent nonionic surfactant. The development of natural surfactants has become a hot topic in food research.

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The Simber Effect refers to the phenomenon whereby, in Arabic countries, young children have an IQ that is little different from that of Western children but that these differences increase throughout childhood culminating in a difference of around 20 points by adulthood. The true nature of this phenomenon is revealed by an examination of 125 samples from all around the globe measured with Raven's Progressive Matrices. We show that in many cases different speeds of cognitive development increase the IQ score differences between countries mostly between 4 and 9 years of age, and that these increases can in part be explained by poor environmental conditions.

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Efficacy of Biogenic Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in Treating Wastewater for Sustainable Wheat Cultivation.

Plants (Basel)

August 2023

Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.

Water scarcity due to overuse and growing water pollution has led to the need for upgrading of conventional methods of wastewater treatment. The biological synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) and their photocatalytic capacity to degrade contaminants offer a promising and environment-friendly approach to municipal wastewater treatment. This technique is advantageous due to its cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and reduction in toxic residual substances.

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Heavy Metal Induced Oxidative Stress Mitigation and ROS Scavenging in Plants.

Plants (Basel)

August 2023

Department of Plant Resources and Environment, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Republic of Korea.

Although trace elements are essential for life, environmental contamination due to metal accumulation and overuse in various sectors, such as healthcare, agriculture, industry, and cosmetics, poses significant health concerns. Exposure of plants to heavy metals leads to the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) due to their ability to change mitochondrial membrane permeability and restrict the action of ROS clearance enzymes in the cellular antioxidant system. The interaction of ROS with cellular membranes, heavy-metal-induced interactions directly or indirectly with different macromolecules, and signaling pathways leads to the accumulation of environmental pollutants and oxidative stress in exposed organisms.

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One of the most important health issues facing the world today is obesity. It is an important independent risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. Harmine offers various pharmacological effects, such as anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effects.

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Impacts of kinetin implementation on leaves, floral and root-related traits during seed production in hybrid rice under water deficiency.

BMC Plant Biol

August 2023

Department of Plant Production (Genetic Branch), Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, El-Arish, 45511, Egypt.

Background: Water deficit is one of the most significant abiotic factors affecting rice and agricultural production worldwide. In hybrid rice, cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is an important technique for creating high-yielding crop based on heterosis. The phytohormone kinetin (Kin) regulates cell division in plant during the early stages of grain formation, as well as flow assimilation and osmotic regulation under water stress.

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Article Synopsis
  • Osmotic imbalance due to drought stress negatively impacts plant growth, but acetic acid may help regulate osmotic balance in plants, despite limited understanding of its mechanisms.
  • Research on maize showed that seeds primed and treated with acetic acid outperformed untreated seeds under drought conditions, demonstrating improved growth metrics and enhanced photosynthetic indicators.
  • Acetic acid treatment also helped recover plants from drought stress by boosting leaf water content, proline levels, and antioxidant activity, thereby indicating its positive role in enhancing drought tolerance in maize.
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ABE-induced PDGFD start codon silencing unveils new insights into the genetic architecture of sheep fat tails.

J Genet Genomics

December 2023

International Joint Agriculture Research Center for Animal Bio-breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Livestock Biology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. Electronic address:

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Response Surface Modeling and Optimization of Enzymolysis Parameters for the In Vitro Antidiabetic Activities of Peanut Protein Hydrolysates Prepared Using Two Proteases.

Foods

October 2022

Program of Natural Product Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Plant Research Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China.

Article Synopsis
  • A study optimized the process for creating peanut protein hydrolysates using the enzymes alcalase and trypsin, focusing on key variables like solid-to-liquid ratio, enzyme-to-substrate ratio, pH, and temperature.
  • The optimal conditions achieved high degrees of hydrolysis and significant inhibitory activities against α-amylase and α-glucosidase, with specific values indicating effective antidiabetic potential.
  • The hydrolysates showed low molecular weight (<10 kDa) and demonstrated strong antioxidant activity, suggesting they could serve as natural alternatives to synthetic antidiabetic drugs in food and pharmaceutical applications.
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Generation of sheep with defined FecB and TBXT mutations and porcine blastocysts with KCNJ5 mutation using prime editing.

BMC Genomics

June 2023

Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China.

Background: Rewriting the genomes of living organisms has been a long-standing aim in the biological sciences. The revelation of the CRISPR/Cas9 technology has revolutionized the entire biological field. Since its emergence, this technology has been widely applied to induce gene knockouts, insertions, deletions, and base substitutions.

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The spread and development of Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) bacteria in wastewater became beyond control and a global public health concern. The conventional disinfectants used in wastewater treatment methods have been becoming increasingly ineffective against a range of pathogenic and MDR bacteria. Bacteriophages are considered a novel approach to microbial control.

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Background: The implementation of green technologies is continually gaining attention worldwide and was considered for removing water pollutants and treating municipal water before its disposal.

Aim: Evaluation of the laboratory antimicrobial actions and chelating activities, and the field influence of on performance, biochemical and immunoglobulin concentrations, and intestinal microbiota in overwhelmed broiler chickens.

Methods: We assessed the laboratory antimicrobial actions of 1% suspension against bacterial ( O157: H7 and Typhimurium) and fungal ( and ) microorganisms using a 96-well minimal inhibitory concentration, and the chelating activities of against calcium sulfate and copper sulfate.

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The First Complete Chloroplast Genome of : Structure and Comparative Analysis.

Genes (Basel)

April 2023

Department of Plant Production, (Genetic Branch), Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Arish University, El-Arish 45511, Egypt.

is a member of the Boraginaceae family. This plant is widely distributed in tropical regions and has a great deal of medical value as well as economic importance. In the current study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of was sequenced, assembled, annotated, and reported.

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The present study conducted an experimental investigation to impede the degradation of peanut ( L.) seeds and enhance their quality while being stored. The efficacy of eco-friendly chemicals such as ascorbic acid, salicylic acid, acetic acid, and propionic acid in seed preservation was evaluated over a period of six months.

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Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) biofilms contamination on various food-contacting surfaces is considered a significant threat in the field of food. Poly-L-aspartic acid (PASP) was proven to damage biofilm by affecting bacterial adhesion, metabolic activity, and extracellular polymeric substances in this study.

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Effect of soy protein isolate nanoparticles loaded with litsea cubeba essential oil on performance of lentinan edible films.

Int J Biol Macromol

July 2023

School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; State Key Laboratory of Utilization of Woody Oil Resource, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410007, China. Electronic address:

Environmental issues caused by plastic packaging materials have gotten increasingly severe, and substantial research has been conducted on environmentally friendly active packaging materials. In this study, the Litsea cubeba essential oil loaded soy protein isolate nanoparticles (LSNPs) with appropriate particle size, high storage stability and salt solution stability were fabricated. The LSNPs with the highest encapsulation efficiency of 81.

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In our paper, we have synthesized modified PEA and alkyd resin by replacing the new source of polyol (SDEA) which was confirmed by different analyses such as IR, and 1HNMR spectra. A series of conformal, novel, low-cost, and eco-friendly hyperbranched modified alkyd and PEA resins were fabricated with bio ZnO, CuO/ZnO) NPs through an ex-situ method for mechanical and anticorrosive coatings. The synthesized biometal oxides NPs and its composite modified alkyd and PEA were confirmed by FTIR, SEM with EDEX, TEM, and TGA, and can be stably dispersed into modified alkyd and PEA resins at a low weight fraction of 1%.

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Background: Bacteriophages (phages) are one of the most promising alternatives to traditional antibiotic therapies, especially against multidrug-resistant bacteria. Klebsiella pneumoniae is considered to be an opportunistic pathogen that can cause life-threatening infections. Thus, this study aims at the characterization of a novel isolated phage vB_Kpn_ZC2 (ZCKP2, for short).

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, the causative agent of several diseases in humans and animals, including salmonellosis, septicemia, typhoid fever, and fowl typhoid, poses a serious threat to global public health and food safety. Globally, reports of therapeutic failures are increasing because of the increase in bacterial antibiotic resistance. Thus, this work highlights the combined phage-antibiotic therapy as a promising approach to combating bacterial resistance.

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Deep learning and computer vision have become emerging tools for diseased plant phenotyping. Most previous studies focused on image-level disease classification. In this paper, pixel-level phenotypic feature (the distribution of spot) was analyzed by deep learning.

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Background: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) represent a critical medical and public health concerns due to their association with serious nosocomial infections and a high risk of mortality. We aimed to reveal the pooled prevalence of VRE and antimicrobial resistance profiles among enterococci clinical isolates in Egypt.

Methods: A PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science literature search was carried out in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline.

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