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A method using scanning electron microscope to study the morphology of the bacterial and fungal microbes and thus determining antimicrobial activity is presented in the chapter.Citations
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A review on green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their applications
TL;DR: This review describes the methods of green synthesis for Ag-NPs and their numerous applications and describes the comparison of efficient synthesis methods via green routes over physical and chemical methods, which provide strong evidence for the selection of suitable method for the synthesis of Ag-Ns.
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A systematic review on nanoencapsulation of food bioactive ingredients and nutraceuticals by various nanocarriers
TL;DR: The main goal is to have an overview of nanoencapsulation techniques applicable to food ingredients in a systematic classification, i.e., lipid-based nanocarriers, nature-inspired nanoccarriers, special-equipment-based Nanocarrier, biopolymer nanocorriers, and other miscellaneous nanOCarriers.
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Recent progress of cell-penetrating peptides as new carriers for intracellular cargo delivery.
TL;DR: This review mainly introduces recent advances of CPPs as new carriers for the development of cellular imaging, nuclear localization, pH-sensitive and thermally targeted delivery systems, and highlights the exploiting of the synergistic effects of targeting ligands and C PPs.
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Composition and functional properties of propolis (bee glue): A review.
Syed Ishtiaq Anjum,Amjad Ullah,Khalid Ali Khan,Mohammad Attaullah,Hikmatullah Khan,Hussain Ali,Muhammad Amjad Bashir,Muhammad Tahir,Mohammad Javed Ansari,Mohammad Javed Ansari,Hamed A. Ghramh,Hamed A. Ghramh,Nuru Adgaba,Chandra Kanta Dash +13 more
TL;DR: Propolis is a natural substance collected by honey bees from various plants such as, poplar, palm, pine, conifer secretions, gums, resins, mucilage and leaf buds to be used for sealing cracks and crevices occurring in their hives.
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Plant Essential Oils as Active Antimicrobial Agents
TL;DR: The combinations of different types of essential oils or with other food additives have been found to potentially exhibit synergistic if not additive effects, and this suggests a cost-efficient and wholesome alternative to both food industry and consumers, at the same time adhering to the hurdle technology in inhibiting proliferation of foodborne pathogens.
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Antimicrobial peptides of multicellular organisms
TL;DR: As the need for new antibiotics becomes more pressing, could the design of anti-infective drugs based on the design principles these molecules teach us?
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Medicinal plants and traditional medicine in Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the use of traditional medicine in Africa and its application in the field of medicinal plants and traditional medicine, including traditional medicine and traditional plants in Africa.
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Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis
TL;DR: This work has shown that effective methods of peptide synthesis are crucial to progress in this area, because only by synthesis can adequate amounts of important peptides be made available for chemical, biologi...
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Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Eighteenth Informational Supplement
Franklin R. Cockerill,Clinical +1 more
TL;DR: The supplemental information presented in this document is intended for use with the antimicrobial susceptibility testing procedures published in the following Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) approved standards: M2-A9—Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests; Approved Standard—Ninth Edition; and M7-A7—Methods for Dilutionantimicrobial Susceptible Tests for Bacteria That Grow Aerobically; approved Standard—Seventh Edition.
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Magainins, a class of antimicrobial peptides from Xenopus skin: isolation, characterization of two active forms, and partial cDNA sequence of a precursor
TL;DR: A family of peptides with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity has been isolated from the skin of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis and appears to represent a previously unrecognized class of vertebrate antimicrobial activities.