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Antidiarrheal and antimicrobial profiles extracts of the leaves from Trichilia emetica Vahl. (Meliaceae)

Kiessoun Konaté, Kassi Yomalan, Oksana Sytar, Marian Brestic • Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine (2015)

Objective: To evaluate anti-diarrhoeal and antimicrobial activities of the bioactive fraction of Trichilia emetica in order to provide a scientific basis for the management of gastroenteritis in Burkina Faso. Methods: To do this, polyphenol...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(15)30012-5

Antagonistic Activity and Molecular Insights into the Biocontrol of Korla Pear Fire Blight by <i>Paenibacillus</i> sp. TRMB57781

Xirui Wang, Chaowen Liu, Jinduo Zhao, Yuxin Si et al. • Biology (2026)

Pear fire blight caused by Erwinia amylovora necessitates environmentally friendly biocontrol alternatives. Strain TRMB57781, isolated from Alar chemical plant wastewater, was identified as Paenibacillus sp. via polyphasic taxonomy and 16S ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biology15100764

Novel strategies to control the biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the food industry

Rahele Sadeghzadeh, Fatemeh Rafieian, Mahdi Keshani, Zahra Salehi et al. • Future Foods (2024)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative human pathogenic bacterium that has the ability to form multicellular biofilm (BF) communities. Due to the presence of extracellular polymeric substances, BF protects bacteria from unfavorable envir...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100481

Optimization of cationic nanoparticles stabilized by poloxamer 188: A potential approach for improving the biological activity of Aloe perryi

Tahany Saleh Aldayel, Mohamed M. Badran, Abdullah H. Alomrani, Nora A. AlFaris et al. • Heliyon (2023)

Aloe perryi (AP) has gained considerable interest as a medicinal herb in various biological applications due to its rich phytochemical composition. However, the therapeutic benefits of AP could be potentiated by utilizing nanotechnology. Mo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22691

Indagine epidemiologica locale dell’eziologia delle infezioni delle vie urinarie (IVU) nosocomiali e comunitarie e dell’antibiotico-sensibilità degli uropatogeni.

Agostina Ronca, Sabrina Brenci, Luisa Santoriello, Anna Marchese et al. • Microbiologia Medica (2007)

Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common infectious diseases that can be associated with substantial morbidity. During the last decade, resistance to ampicillin and co-trimoxazole has increased in Escherichia coli, the most co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4081/mm.2007.2603

Admission prognostic nutritional index improves risk stratification for the carbapenem-resistant phenotype in culture-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae: a retrospective cohort study

Kaixuan Zhang, Huihui Li, Yuanyuan Xu, Sudi Zhu et al. • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2026)

BackgroundCarbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) remains an infection-control challenge. We assessed whether admission immuno-nutritional status, measured by the Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), is associated with the CRKP phe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1828441

Media use and antimicrobial resistance misinformation and misuse: Survey evidence of information channels and fatalism in augmenting a global health threat

Jacob Groshek, James E. Katz, Brittany Andersen, Chelsea Cutino et al. • Cogent Medicine (2018)

Recent research has identified that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is giving rise to a global public health threat that involves all major microbial pathogens and antimicrobial drugs, and additional studies have found that despite its gravi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/2331205X.2018.1460898

Anti-Bacterial Microgel Synthesis: Sonochemical Modification of Carbopol for Hygienic Applications

Aghil Asadi, Mohsen Najafi, Hossien Bouhnedi, Mehdi Haji Bagherian • علوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر (2021)

Hypothesis: The volume of studies conducted on biopolymeric materials emphasizes the high-consumption of polymers in biomaterial fields, especially in cosmetics industry which must be resistant to different kinds of microorganisms and bacte...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22063/jipst.2021.1779

Exploring the Environmental Resistome and Bacterial Novelty in Marine Isolates from the North Portuguese Coast

Ofélia Godinho, Olga Maria Lage, Sandra Quinteira • Antibiotics (2026)

Background/Objectives: It is of the utmost importance to study environmental bacteria, as these microorganisms remain poorly characterized regarding their diversity, antimicrobial resistance, and impact on the global ecosystem. This knowled...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics15010110

Cyclodepsipeptides and Other O-Containing Heterocyclic Metabolites from Beauveria felina EN-135, a Marine-Derived Entomopathogenic Fungus

Feng-Yu Du, Xiao-Ming Li, Peng Zhang, Chun-Shun Li et al. • Marine Drugs (2014)

Bioassay-guided fractionation of a culture extract of Beauveria felina EN-135, an entomopathogenic fungus isolated from a marine bryozoan, led to the isolation of a new cyclodepsipeptide, iso-isariin D (1); two new O-containing heterocyclic...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/md12052816

Varieties of Mushrooms and their Nutraceutical Importance: A Systematic Review

Debasmita Chatterje, Dipankar Halder, Satadal Das • Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (2021)

Introduction: Around 2000 species of mushrooms exist in nature, of which hardly 25 varieties are accepted as edible in nature. “Nutraceuticals” are food substances that are associated with immense health benefits and also hinder the deve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2021/47240.14660

The Identification of a Novel Spider Toxin Peptide, Lycotoxin-Pa2a, with Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Activities

Min Kyoung Shin, In-Wook Hwang, Bo-Young Jang, Kyung-Bin Bu et al. • Antibiotics (2023)

With the increasing challenge of controlling infectious diseases due to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains, the importance of discovering new antimicrobial agents is rapidly increasing. Animal venoms contain a variety of function...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12121708

<i>Escherichia coli</i> Phylogenetic and Antimicrobial Pattern as an Indicator of Anthropogenic Impact on Threatened Freshwater Mussels

Simone Varandas, Conceição Fernandes, Edna Cabecinha, Sónia Gomes et al. • Antibiotics (2023)

Freshwater bivalves are widely used as accumulation indicators and monitoring tools for assessing contaminant effects on different levels of biological integration. This pilot study aimed to explore the phylogenetic diversity of Escherichia...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12091401

Natural Polyphenols for the Preservation of Meat and Dairy Products

Hammad Ullah, Yaseen Hussain, Cristina Santarcangelo, Alessandra Baldi et al. • Molecules (2022)

Food spoilage makes foods undesirable and unacceptable for human use. The preservation of food is essential for human survival, and different techniques were initially used to limit the growth of spoiling microbes, e.g., drying, heating, sa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules27061906

Adjunctive antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in the nonsurgical treatment of periodontitis: an umbrella review

Vini Mehta, Santosh Patil, Kabir Suman Dash, Ankita Mathur • BDJ Open (2026)

Abstract Aim Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been proposed as a locally acting adjunct to subgingival instrumentation for periodontitis. This umbrella review aimed to synthesize and critically appraise systematic reviews of ad...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41405-026-00503-3

Evaluating stool microbiome integrity after domestic freezer storage using whole-metagenome sequencing, genome assembly, and antimicrobial resistance gene analysis

Paula Momo Cabrera, Nicholas A. Bokulich, Petra Zimmermann • Microbiology Spectrum (2025)

ABSTRACT The gut microbiome is crucial for host health. Early childhood is a critical period for the development of a healthy gut microbiome, but it is particularly sensitive to external influences. Recent research has focused on using adva...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02278-24

Antimicrobial topical polymeric films loaded with Acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (AKBA), boswellic acid and silver nanoparticles: Optimization, characterization, and biological activity

Muhammad Jawad, Saurabh Bhatia, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Sana Ullah et al. • Heliyon (2024)

The study examined the antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of pure Acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (AKBA), boswellic acid (70%) and AKBA loaded nanoparticles as topical polymeric films. The optimized concentration (0.05 % w/v) of pure A...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31671

Postbiotics: From emerging concept to application

Sunita Aggarwal, Vandana Sabharwal, Pragya Kaushik, Anushka Joshi et al. • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (2022)

The microbiome innovation has resulted in an umbrella term, postbiotics, which refers to non-viable microbial cells, metabolic byproducts and their microbial components released after lysis. Postbiotics, modulate immune response, gene expre...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.887642