Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Regulating Growth, Enhancing Productivity, and Potentially Influencing Ecosystems under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiotic relationships with the roots of nearly all land-dwelling plants, increasing growth and productivity, especially during abiotic stress. AMF improves plant development by improving nutrient acquisition, such as phosphorus, water, and mineral uptake. AMF improves plant tolerance and resilience to abiotic stressors such as drought, salt, and heavy metal toxicity.

Molecular Characterization of Wild and Cultivated Strawberry ( × ) through DNA Barcode Markers.

Background: DNA barcoding is a useful technique for the identification, conservation, and diversity estimation at the species level in plants. The current research work was carried out to characterize selected species from northern Pakistan using DNA barcode markers. .

MoS/cellulose-doped ZnO nanorods for catalytic, antibacterial and molecular docking studies.

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and molybdenum disulphide (MoS) incorporated into ZnO nanorods (NRs) were synthesized a chemical precipitation route at room temperature. All concerned samples were characterized to examine their optical properties, elemental composition, phase formation, surface morphology and functional group presence. The aim of this research was to enhance the catalytic properties of ZnO by co-doping with various concentrations of CNCs and MoS NRs.

Evaluation of bactericidal potential and catalytic dye degradation of multiple morphology based chitosan/polyvinylpyrrolidone-doped bismuth oxide nanostructures.

In this study, 0.02 and 0.04 wt% of chitosan (CS) were successfully incorporated in a fixed amount of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-doped BiO nanostructures (NSs) a co-precipitation approach.

Toward efficient dye degradation and the bactericidal behavior of Mo-doped LaO nanostructures.

In this study, different concentrations (0, 0.02, 0.04, and 0.

Enhanced Bactericidal Action of rGO-ZnO Hybrids Prepared by the One-Pot Co-precipitation Approach.

Metal-based antimicrobials have the potential to profile sustainable solutions to infection care and health. In this study, we report the synthesis of rGO-ZnO hybrid nanostructures by a simple co-precipitation approach with various mass ratios of GO, and their antimicrobial potential was assessed. The structural analysis confirms the presence of a hexagonal wurtzite structure with peak shifting in hybrid nanostructures and increases in crystallite size (11-24 nm).

Pattern of medication utilization in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in three District Headquarters Hospitals in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

Purpose: In Pakistan, a wide range of repurposed drugs are recommended to manage hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Therefore, the current study was conducted to evaluate the pattern of utilization of repurposed drugs and other potential therapeutic options among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Pakistan.

Methods: This retrospective, multicenter, descriptive study enrolled consecutive hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who were admitted between March 1, 2021, and April 30, 2021, from three District Headquarter Hospitals in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

Bactericidal action and molecular docking studies of catalytic Cu-doped NiO composited with cellulose nanocrystals.

Synthesis of Cu-doped NiO composited with cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) was carried out by co-precipitation method. The aim of this study is to investigate the catalytic, antibacterial and molecular docking studies of prepared samples. XRD patterns confirmed rhombohedral structure of synthesized nanostructures with gradual increase in crystallite size with doping.

A novel method of affinity purification and characterization of polygalacturonase of Aspergillus flavus by galacturonic acid engineered magnetic nanoparticle.

Pectinases hydrolyze pectin and make up 25% of global food processing enzyme sales. In this study, we aimed to purify exo-polygalacturonase (Exo-PG) by using galacturonic acid conjugated magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and examined its application in juice purification. The submerged fermentation was carried out in the presence of apple pectin (1%) to promote production of exo-PG from Aspergillus flavus.

Antibiotic consumption among hospitalized neonates and children in Punjab province, Pakistan.

Background: Periodic surveillance of antibiotic consumption in the form of point prevalence studies is a quick and robust methodology to evaluate prescribing trends in hospitals. The current study was undertaken to document antibiotic consumption among neonates and children from hospitals in Pakistan.

Methods: This large multicenter study using the World Health Organization standardized methodology and AWaRe (Access, Watch, and Reserve) classification examined antibiotic consumption for suspected bacterial infection among neonates and children admitted hospitals in Punjab, Pakistan.

Numerical modeling and theoretical analysis of a nonlinear advection-reaction epidemic system.

Background And Objective: Epidemic models are used to describe the dynamics of population densities or population sizes under suitable physical conditions. In view that population densities and sizes cannot take on negative values, the positive character of those quantities is an important feature that must be taken into account both analytically and numerically. In particular, susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) models must also take into account the positivity of the solutions.

Synthesis, quality control, and bio-evaluation of Tc-cyclophosphamide.

Cancer is found to be the leading cause of death worldwide characterized by uncontrolled cell division. Nuclear medicines imaging using radiopharmaceuticals have pronounced potential for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers. Cyclophosphamide (CPH) is an antineoplastic drug which targets selectively cancer cells.

Potential of multi-component antigens for tuberculosis diagnosis.

Tuberculosis is one of the top ten causes of deaths worldwide. The cause of tuberculosis is a bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which has been surviving for centuries. Immunological tests based on detecting the presence of antibodies in the sera of active TB patients against various antigens of M.

Knowledge of Ebola virus disease among a university population: A cross-sectional study.

This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of a Pakistani university population (students and employees) regarding Ebola virus disease. A total of 2,200 individuals were approached and 1,647 were enrolled in the study. We observed that the vast majority of study participants (91.