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Ullah Z, Iqbal J, Gul F, Abbasi BA, Kanwal S, Elsadek MF, Ali MA, Iqbal R, Elsalahy HH, Mahmood T. Biogenic synthesis, characterization, and in vitro biological investigation of silver oxide nanoparticles (AgONPs) using Rhynchosia capitata. Sci Rep 2024; 14:10484. [PMID: 38714767 PMCID: PMC11076632 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60694-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/10/2024] Open
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The current research aimed to study the green synthesis of silver oxide nanoparticles (AgONPs) using Rhynchosia capitata (RC) aqueous extract as a potent reducing and stabilizing agent. The obtained RC-AgONPs were characterized using UV, FT-IR, XRD, DLS, SEM, and EDX to investigate the morphology, size, and elemental composition. The size of the RC-AgONPs was found to be ~ 21.66 nm and an almost uniform distribution was executed by XRD analysis. In vitro studies were performed to reveal biological potential. The AgONPs exhibited efficient DPPH free radical scavenging potential (71.3%), reducing power (63.8 ± 1.77%), and total antioxidant capacity (88.5 ± 4.8%) to estimate their antioxidative power. Antibacterial and antifungal potentials were evaluated using the disc diffusion method against various bacterial and fungal strains, and the zones of inhibition (ZOI) were determined. A brine shrimp cytotoxicity assay was conducted to measure the cytotoxicity potential (LC50: 2.26 μg/mL). In addition, biocompatibility tests were performed to evaluate the biocompatible nature of RC-AgONPs using red blood cells, HEK, and VERO cell lines (< 200 μg/mL). An alpha-amylase inhibition assay was carried out with 67.6% inhibition. Moreover, In vitro, anticancer activity was performed against Hep-2 liver cancer cell lines, and an LC50 value of 45.94 μg/mL was achieved. Overall, the present study has demonstrated that the utilization of R. capitata extract for the biosynthesis of AgONPs offers a cost-effective, eco-friendly, and forthright alternative to traditional approaches for silver nanoparticle synthesis. The RC-AgONPs obtained exhibited significant bioactive properties, positioning them as promising candidates for diverse applications in the spheres of medicine and beyond.
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- Zakir Ullah
- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, 24420, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Rawalpindi Women University, 6th Road, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, 46300, Pakistan
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- Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. 2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
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- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374, Müncheberg, Germany.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
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Priya TS, Chen TW, Chen SM, Kokulnathan T, Akilarasan M, Liou WC, Al-Mohaimeed AM, Ali MA, Elshikh MS, Yu J. In-situ growth of MOF-derived Co 3S 4@MoS 2 heterostructured electrocatalyst for the detection of furazolidone. Chemosphere 2024; 356:141895. [PMID: 38579947 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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The over-exploitation of antibiotics in food and farming industries ruined the environmental and human health. Consequently, electrochemical sensors offer significant advantages in monitoring these compounds with high accuracy. Herein, MOF-derived hollow Co3S4@MoS2 (CS@MS) heterostructure has been prepared hydrothermally and applied to fabricate an electrochemical sensor to monitor nitrofuran class antibiotic drug. Various spectroscopic methodologies have been employed to elucidate the structural and morphological information. Our prepared electrocatalyst has better electrocatalytic performance than bare and other modified glassy carbon electrodes (GCE). Our CS@MS/GCE sensor exhibited a highly sensitive detection by offering a low limit of detection, good sensitivity, repeatability, reproducibility, and stability results. In addition, our sensor has shown a good selectivity towards the target analyte among other potential interferons. The practical reliability of the sensor was measured by analyzing various real-time environmental and biological samples and obtaining good recovery values. From the results, our fabricated CS@MS could be an active electrocatalyst material for an efficient electrochemical sensing application.
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- Thangavelu Sakthi Priya
- Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, College of Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
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- Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, College of Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan.
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- National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, College of Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, College of Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Well Fore Special Wire Corporation, 10, Tzu-Chiang 7th., Chung-Li Industrial Park, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Khan T, Jamil M, Ali A, Rasheed S, Irshad A, Maqsood MF, Zulfiqar U, Chaudhary T, Ali MA, Elshikh MS. Exploring water-absorbing capacity: a digital image analysis of seeds from 120 wheat varieties. Sci Rep 2024; 14:6757. [PMID: 38514746 PMCID: PMC10957954 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57193-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Wheat is a staple food crop that provides a significant portion of the world's daily caloric intake, serving as a vital source of carbohydrates and dietary fiber for billions of people. Seed shape studies of wheat typically involve the use of digital image analysis software to quantify various seed shape parameters such as length, width, area, aspect ratio, roundness, and symmetry. This study presents a comprehensive investigation into the water-absorbing capacity of seeds from 120 distinct wheat lines, leveraging digital image analysis techniques facilitated by SmartGrain software. Water absorption is a pivotal process in the early stages of seed germination, directly influencing plant growth and crop yield. SmartGrain, a powerful image analysis tool, was employed to extract precise quantitative data from digital images of wheat seeds, enabling the assessment of various seed traits in relation to their water-absorbing capacity. The analysis revealed significant transformations in seed characteristics as they absorbed water, including changes in size, weight, shape, and more. Through statistical analysis and correlation assessments, we identified robust relationships between these seed traits, both before and after water treatment. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering (AHC) were employed to categorize genotypes with similar trait patterns, providing insights valuable for crop breeding and genetic research. Multiple linear regression analysis further elucidated the influence of specific seed traits, such as weight, width, and distance, on water-absorbing capacity. Our study contributes to a deeper understanding of seed development, imbibition, and the crucial role of water absorption in wheat. These insights have practical implications in agriculture, offering opportunities to optimize breeding programs for improved water absorption in wheat genotypes. The integration of SmartGrain software with advanced statistical methods enhances the reliability and significance of our findings, paving the way for more efficient and resilient wheat crop production. Significant changes in wheat seed shape parameters were observed after imbibition, with notable increases in area, perimeter, length, width, and weight. The length-to-width ratio (LWR) and circularity displayed opposite trends, with higher values before imbibition and lower values after imbibition.
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- Tooba Khan
- Department of Botany, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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- Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100, Godollo, Hungary.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Jabeen S, Zafar M, Ahmad M, Ali MA, Elshikh MS, Makhkamov T, Mamarakhimov O, Yuldashev A, Khaydarov K, Gafforov Y, Baysunov B, Mammadova AO, Botirova L, Sultana S, Majeed S, Rozina, Ahmad S, Abid A, Rahmatov A. Micrometer insights into Nepeta genus: Pollen micromorphology unveiled. Micron 2024; 177:103574. [PMID: 38070325 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2023.103574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
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This study provides a comprehensive pollen micromorphology within the Nepeta genus, revealing intricate details about the pollen grains' structure and characteristics. The findings shed light on the evolutionary and taxonomical aspects of this plant genus, offering valuable insights for botanists and researchers studying Nepeta species. The pollen grains of 18 Nepeta species were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and light microscopy (LM) in Northern Pakistan. At the microscale, pollen quantitative measurements, qualitative traits, and diverse sculpturing patterns were reported and compared. Significant differences in pollen size, shape, ornamentation, and sculpturing patterns were discovered among the Nepeta species. Our data show that exine sculpturing is quite diverse, with most species exhibiting a reticulate perforate pollen pattern. Nepeta connata, Nepeta discolor, Nepeta elliptica, revealed a distinct bireticulate perforate exine stratification. Hexazonocolpate pollen is the most common. Furthermore, the surface membrane attributes of the colpus varied greatly, ranging from rough, scabrate, psilate, to sinuate patterns. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to discover the key factors influencing pollen diversity. PCA results showed that polar and equatorial diameters, colpi size, and exine thickness were the most influential pollen features between Nepeta species. This study adds to our understanding of pollen morphology in the Nepeta genus, offering information on the vast range of characteristics found in this economically important group. The extensive characterization of pollen features provides useful insights for the categorization and differentiation of Nepeta species, adding to the Lamiaceae micromorphology.
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- Shaista Jabeen
- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan; Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan; College of Life Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang 641000, China.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Forestry and Land scape Design, Tashkent State Agrarian University, 2 A., Universitet Str., Kibray district, 100700 Tashkent region, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Ecological monitoring, National University of Uzbekistan, 4 University Street, Tashkent 100174, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Ecology and Botany, Andijan State University, 129, Universitet Str., 170100, Andijan, Uzbekistan
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Samarkand State University, University blv. 15, Samarkand 140104, Uzbekistan
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- Tashkent International University of Education, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; School of Engineering, Central Asian University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Botany, Karshi State University, Kuchabag street 17, Karshi, 180100, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan
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- Department of Medicinal Plants and Botany, Gulistan State University, 4, Micro-District, Gulistan, Sirdarya 120100, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan; Department of Botany, University of Mianwali, Mianwali 42200 Pakistan.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Medicinal Plants, Tashkent State Agrarian University, 2 A., Universitet Str., 100700, Uzbekistan
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Abdelkhalek AF, Kayed A, Moatasim Y, El Sayes M, El-Shesheny R, Khalil AA, El-Deeb A, Hussein HA, El-Sanousi AA, Kayali G, Ali MA, Kandeil A. Efficiency of natural oils as alternative adjuvants to mineral oils in inactivated avian influenza vaccine formulation. Br Poult Sci 2024; 65:28-33. [PMID: 38038674 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2023.2290557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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1. The effectiveness of inactivated vaccines depends on selecting the suitable adjuvant for vaccine formulation. The potency of vaccines with low antigen content can be improved with the appropriate adjuvant. This could allow production of more doses and lower the production cost.2. This study evaluated the efficiency of vaccines prepared using oil extracted from natural sources including argan oil, almond oil, sesame seed oil, pumpkin oil, cactus oil and black seed oil as alternative adjuvants for improving the protection capacity of inactivated influenza virus vaccine as compared to commonly used mineral oils.3. Each vaccine formulation was evaluated for stability, safety and immunogenicity in chickens, as well as for reducing the viral shedding after challenge infection.4. The cactus, sesame and pumpkin seed oil-based vaccines were found to be potent and successfully induced the production of humoral immunity in vaccinated chickens.
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- A F Abdelkhalek
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Agricultural Research Center, Veterinary Serum and Vaccine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Human Link, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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Rahman M, Jahan N, Hoque MM, Hossain MM, Ghosh K, Nupur NR, Zerin IJ, Badal MFA, Ali MA, Das K. Initial Six Month's Study of Neonatal Covid-19 in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh. Mymensingh Med J 2024; 33:206-213. [PMID: 38163794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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The pandemic Covid-19 affects mainly adult causing fatal illness specially who have co-morbidities. But as days pass by with increasing surveillances it's gradually obvious that this devastating disease also affects the children as well as neonates with greater number. The aim of study was to determine the Covid-19 in neonates. So, we can give proper emphasis on neonatal Covid-19. This cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2020 to September 2020 at Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital in Bangladesh. Neonates with suspected Covid-19 were tested for SARS-CoV-2 by RT- PCR. Newborn who had suspected or confirmed COVID-19 mother, exposed to relatives infected with Covid-19, related with cluster outbreak or with abnormal clinical courses such as respiratory distress, not responded to conventional treatment and also abnormal chest x-ray was selected for Covid-19 test. Data regarding gestational age, birth weight, gender, positive cases and other findings were collected and analyzed. Statistics analysis was done by SPSS version 26.0. Forty three cases were Covid-19 positive. Among them 28(65.1%) cases were male and 15(34.9%) female. Term was 39(90.6%) cases and preterm 4(9.4%). Twenty nine (67.5%) cases were belonged to medicine and 14(32.6%) surgical cases. Fourteen (32.5%) cases with Covid-19 lived in Dhaka and 29(67.5%) cases in outside of Dhaka. Eleven (25.5%) cases were positive for SARS -CoV-2 by RT- PCR within 3 days, among them 5 (11.6%) cases were within 24 hours of age. Nine (20.9%) and 23(53.5%) cases were test positive at day 4-7 and 8-28 days respectively. The main symptoms at admission were respiratory difficulty (12/43, 27.9%), fever (8/43, 18.6%), convulsion (8/43, 18.6%) and reluctance to feed (7/43, 16.6%). In neonate two or more diseases coexist in same cases. Sepsis was present in 20 (46.5%) cases with COVID-19. Perinatal asphyxia was present in 10(23.3%) and pneumonia in 8 (18.6%) cases. In laboratory findings low Hb% was present in 2/43(4.7%) cases, leukopenia in 4/43(9.3%), leukocytosis in 2/43(4.7%) and thrombocytopenia in 5/43(11.6%). Elevated CRP was present in 14/29 (32.6%) cases, hypernatremia in 10/33 (30.3%), hyponatremia in 1/33(3%), increased serum creatinine in 10/18(55.6%), and prolonged PT, aPTT in 2/2(100%). Hyperglycaemia was found in 1/15(6.7%) cases and hypoglycaemia in 2/15(13.3%). No organism was found in blood C/S. In chest X-ray, one showed patchy opacities in right lower lobe, another showed bilateral ground-glass opacity and third one revealed few patchy opacities in the right perihilar region. Among 43 cases 21(48.9%) were discharged with advice, 12(27.9%) cases referred to Covid-19 designated hospital, 2(4.7%) cases LAMA (Leave against medical advice) and 8(18.6%) cases died including one surgical case. A good number (43) of Covid-19 cases were found in this study. In neonates the clinical features could not be differentiated properly between Covid-19 or associated diseases unlike children and adult. The neonate may be a source of transmission of this disease. So, we should give proper emphasis on test, tracing and management of neonatal Covid-19.
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- M Rahman
- Dr Maksudur Rahman, Associate Professor, Neonatology, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health (BICH), Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Ali Q, Shabaan M, Ashraf S, Kamran M, Zulfiqar U, Ahmad M, Zahir ZA, Sarwar MJ, Iqbal R, Ali B, Ali MA, Elshikh MS, Arslan M. Comparative efficacy of different salt tolerant rhizobial inoculants in improving growth and productivity of Vigna radiata L. under salt stress. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17442. [PMID: 37838750 PMCID: PMC10576803 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-44433-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023] Open
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Worldwide, salinity severely affects agricultural production of crops such as mung bean in arid and semi-arid regions. In saline conditions, various species of Rhizobium can be used to enhance nodulation and induce salinity tolerance in maize. The present study conducted a pot experiment to determine the efficiency of three rhizobial isolates under different salinity conditions, such as 1.41, 4 and 6 dS m-1, on mung bean growth parameters, antioxidant status and yield. Results revealed that salt stress imparted adverse effects on the growth, antioxidants, yield and nodulation of mung bean. Under high salt stress conditions, fresh weights were reduced for roots (78.24%), shoots (64.52%), pods (58.26%) and height (32.33%) as compared to un-inoculated control plants. However, an increase in proline content (46.14%) was observed in high salt stressed plants. Three Rhizobium isolates (Mg1, Mg2, and Mg3), on the other hand, mitigated the negative effects of salt stress after inoculation. However, effects of Mg3 inoculation were prominent at 6 dS m-1 and it enhanced the plant height (45.10%), fresh weight of shoot (58.68%), root (63.64%), pods fresh weight (34.10%), pods number per plant (92.04%), and grain nitrogen concentration (21%) than un-inoculated control. Rhizobium strains Mg1, and Mg2 expressed splendid results at 1.41 and 4 dS m-1 salinity stress. The growth promotion effects might be due to improvement in mineral uptake and ionic balance that minimized the inhibitory effects caused by salinity stress. Thus, inoculating with these strains may boost mung bean growth and yield under salinity stress.
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- Qasim Ali
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
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- Land Resources Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan
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- Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Das K, Ali MA, Akter MM, Kabir MR, Sadika S, Momo FR, Dipu MR, Avik AD, Paul A, Noshin N. Thyroid Hormone Level in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome. Mymensingh Med J 2023; 32:1005-1008. [PMID: 37777893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
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Nephrotic syndrome is the most common glomerular disease affecting children. Hypothyroidism is one of the most important complications which occur due to urinary loss of protein bound thyroid hormones, such as thyroxin binding globulin, transthyretin and albumin. This cross sectional study was conducted in the Department of Pediatric, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), Bangladesh from February 2018 to October 2019. This study was carried out to find out the thyroid profile in children with nephrotic syndrome and compared with thyroid profile of other acute illness in children. Total 122 children aged 2-12 years, further subdivided into Group A (n=61) suffering from nephrotic syndrome (1st attack, infrequent relapse) and Group B (n=61) other disease like viral fever, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, diarrhoea, UTI. Demographic details of patients and their relevant clinical details were obtained by an interviewer administered questionnaire. Blood for free T4, TSH were taken and compared between both groups. The mean FT4 values in Group A and Group B were 16.09±22.32fmol/ml and 68.22±11.65fmol/ml respectively, whereas the TSH level was significantly higher in Group A than controls (5.42±1.04 vs. 3.53±1.44). The T4 levels in nephrotic syndrome (Group A) patients were low. Analysis was done by using SPSS 22.0 version for windows software. Continuous and catagorical parameters were compared by unpaired 't' test and Chi-Square test. A p-value of 0.05 was considered significant. Hypothyroidism was found more in younger children i.e. age less than 6 years. This study concluded that children with nephrotic syndrome have a state of hypothyroidism.
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- K Das
- Dr Kakoli Das, Senior Consultant Paediatrics, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Bhat AH, Shah MD, Padder BA, Shah ZA, Dar EA, Fayaz U, Nain MS, Ali MA, Al-Hemaid FM, Stępień P, Ahmed MAA, Salama EAA. Morphological, pathogenic and genetic diversity in Diplodia seriata associated with black rot canker of apple in India. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15682. [PMID: 37735496 PMCID: PMC10514034 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42534-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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Apple cankers are extremely destructive diseases threatening the global apple industry through direct and indirect losses. The population structure of the pathogens is of paramount significance for the development of efficient management strategies. Therefore, phenotypic, pathogenic, and genetic diversity of Diplodia seriata causing black rot canker of apple was investigated in this study. All the isolates were included for investigating the in vitro mycelial growth, conidial dimensions, and pathogenic variability on two-year-old potted apple seedlings. The ISSR approach was used to investigate the molecular diversity of D. seriata. Mycelial growth rates were found to vary significantly amongst the isolates; however, there were no major variations seen between the different geographical groupings of isolates. Pathogenicity tests revealed variations in the size of cankers among the isolates indicating the presence of virulence variability. The isolates were segregated into three virulence groups based on canker length. The Bayesian analyses of ISSR data divided the isolates into two genetic clusters. The genetic clustering of the isolates revealed no relationship with geographical origin of the isolates. Furthermore, no direct relationship of genetic clustering was observed with morphological or pathogenic variability. The ISSR primers revealed very high level of variability in D. seriata; however, no distinct populations of the pathogen existed which is an indication of high level of gene flow between the diverse geographical populations. According to our knowledge, this is the first thorough investigation on the diversity of D. seriata associated with apple black rot canker in India.
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- Division of Plant Pathology, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ganderbal, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, India.
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- Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ganderbal, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- ARSSSS-Pampore, SKUAST-K, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, Institute of Soil Science, Plant Nutrition and Environmental Protection, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, ul. Grunwaldzka 53, 50-357, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Plant Production Department (Horticulture - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants), Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21531, Egypt
- School of Agriculture, Yunnan University, Chenggong District, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Agricultural Botany (Genetics), Faculty of Agriculture Saba Basha, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, TNAU, Coimbatore, 641003, India
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Haider MW, Nafees M, Iqbal R, Asad HU, Azeem F, Ali B, Shaheen G, Iqbal J, Vyas S, Arslan M, Rahman MHU, Elshikh MS, Ali MA. Postharvest starch and sugars adjustment in potato tubers of wide-ranging dormancy genotypes subjected to various sprout forcing techniques. Sci Rep 2023; 13:14845. [PMID: 37684294 PMCID: PMC10491617 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37711-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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The development of an efficient, safe, and environment-friendly technique to terminate tuber dormancy in potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) is of great concern due to the immense scope of multiple cropping all over the globe. The breakage of tuber dormancy has been associated with numerous physiological changes, including a decline in the level of starch and an increase in the levels of sugars during storage of freshly harvested seed potatoes, although their consistency across genotypes and various dormancy-breaking techniques have not yet been fully elucidated. The purpose of the present research is to assess the efficacy of four different dormancy-breaking techniques, such as soaking in 90, 60, or 30 mg L-1 solutions of benzyl amino purine (BAP) and 30, 20, or 10 mg L-1 gibberellic acid (GA3) alone and in the combination of optimized concentrations; cold pre-treatment at 6, 4, or 2 °C; electric shock at 80, 60, 40, or 20 Vs; and irradiation at 3.5, 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5, or 1 kGy on the tuber dormancy period and sprout length of six genotypes. Furthermore, the changes that occurred in tuber weight and endogenous starch, sucrose, fructose, and glucose contents in experimental genotypes following the application of these techniques were also examined. Overall, the most effective technique to terminate tuber dormancy and hasten spout growth was the combined application of BAP and GA3, which reduced the length of dormancy by 9.6 days compared to the untreated control, following 6.7 days of electric current, 4.4 days of cold pre-treatment, and finally irradiation (3.3 days). The 60 mg L-1 solution of BAP greatly reduced the dormancy period in all genotypes but did not affect the sprout length at all. The genotypes showed a weak negative correlation (r = - 0.4) (P < 0.05) of endogenous starch contents with dormancy breakage and weight loss or a moderate (r = - 0.5) correlation with sprout length, but a strong positive correlation (r = 0.8) of tuber glucose, fructose, and sucrose contents with dormancy breakage and weight loss. During 3 weeks of storage, sprouting commencement and significant weight loss occurred as tuber dormancy advanced towards breakage due to a reduction in starch and an increase in the sucrose, fructose, and glucose contents of the tubers. These findings could be advantageous for postponing or accelerating seed potato storage as well as investigating related physiological research in the future.
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- Muhammad Wasim Haider
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
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- Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International, Rawalpindi, 46300, Pakistan
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- Agri Development, Fauji Fresh N Freeze Ltd, Gulberg II, Lahore, 48000, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Eastern Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, 64200, Pakistan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Kota, Kota, Rajasthan, 324001, India
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Crop Science, University of Bonn, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), Crop Science, University of Bonn, 53115, Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Sarker MR, Ali MA, Roy AK, Yesmin A, Dhar SK, Ahmed E, Ahmed F, Amin SE. Relationship between Clinical Profile, Severity and Outcome of Community Acquired Pneumonia with Hyponatremia in Children Aged 2-60 Months. Mymensingh Med J 2023; 32:613-619. [PMID: 37391948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte imbalance seen in clinical practice and a common laboratory findings in children with community acquired pneumonia. This study aimed to find out relationship between clinical profile, severity and outcome of community acquired pneumonia with hyponatremia in children aged 2-60 months. This descriptive cross-sectional study was done in pediatrics department of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh. Study period was 6 month from November 2016 to April 2017. Data were collected from 2 months to 60 months old children who fulfill the selection criteria. In this study sampling technique was purposive. Detailed history was taken, and meticulous examinations and relevant investigations were performed. 100 patients with community acquired pneumonia were enrolled, 34.0% patient had hyponatremia and 66.0% patients had no hyponatremia. Hyponatremia is more marked (45.5%) in severe pneumonia followed by moderate pneumonia (33.3%) and no hyponatremia found in mild pneumonia. Mean temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, head nodding, nasal flaring, grunting, stridor, cyanosis, convulsion, feeding problem, Poor air entry were significantly higher in patient of pneumonia with hyponatremia when compared to patient of pneumonia without hyponatremia. Mean duration of symptoms and mean duration of hospital stay were also significantly higher in patient of pneumonia with hyponatremia. The mean serum sodium concentration was 132.18±1.51mmol/L in hyponatremic patients and 137.91±1.94mmol/L in normonatremic patients. Mean values of total leucocyte count, ESR, and C-reactive protein were significantly higher in patient of pneumonia with hyponatremia. Serum hemoglobin was significantly lower in hyponatremic patients than normonatremic patients. Maximum (55.9%) patients of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) with hyponatremia had patchy opacity, 26.5% had consolidation, 11.8% had interstitial opacity and 5.9% had pneumatocele. All the patients were treated with appropriate antibiotics and fluid and discharged after complete recovery without any complication. There was no death in the study population. From this study we can conclude that, hyponatremia is directly related with the severity of community acquired pneumonia (CAP). The intensity of clinical profile and investigation findings are also directly related with the severity of pneumonia.
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- M R Sarker
- Dr Mitu Rani Sarker, Registrar (Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition), Department of Pediatrics, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Ali Q, Ahmad M, Kamran M, Ashraf S, Shabaan M, Babar BH, Zulfiqar U, Haider FU, Ali MA, Elshikh MS. Synergistic Effects of Rhizobacteria and Salicylic Acid on Maize Salt-Stress Tolerance. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:2519. [PMID: 37447077 DOI: 10.3390/plants12132519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Maize (Zea mays L.) is a salt-sensitive plant that experiences stunted growth and development during early seedling stages under salt stress. Salicylic acid (SA) is a major growth hormone that has been observed to induce resistance in plants against different abiotic stresses. Furthermore, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have shown considerable potential in conferring salinity tolerance to crops via facilitating growth promotion, yield improvement, and regulation of various physiological processes. In this regard, combined application of PGPR and SA can have wide applicability in supporting plant growth under salt stress. We investigated the impact of salinity on the growth and yield attributes of maize and explored the combined role of PGPR and SA in mitigating the effect of salt stress. Three different levels of salinity were developed (original, 4 and 8 dS m-1) in pots using NaCl. Maize seeds were inoculated with salt-tolerant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain, whereas foliar application of SA was given at the three-leaf stage. We observed that salinity stress adversely affected maize growth, yield, and physiological attributes compared to the control. However, both individual and combined applications of PGPR and SA alleviated the negative effects of salinity and improved all the measured plant attributes. The response of PGPR + SA was significant in enhancing the shoot and root dry weights (41 and 56%), relative water contents (32%), chlorophyll a and b contents (25 and 27%), and grain yield (41%) of maize under higher salinity level (i.e., 8 dS m-1) as compared to untreated unstressed control. Moreover, significant alterations in ascorbate peroxidase (53%), catalase (47%), superoxide dismutase (21%), MDA contents (40%), Na+ (25%), and K+ (30%) concentration of leaves were pragmatic under combined application of PGPR and SA. We concluded that integration of PGPR and SA can efficiently induce salinity tolerance and improve plant growth under stressed conditions.
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- Qasim Ali
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Land Resources Research Institute (LRRI), National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- Vegetable and Oilseed Section, Agronomic Research Institute, Faisalabad 38850, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Zeshan MQ, Ashraf M, Omer MO, Anjum AA, Ali MA, Najeeb M, Majeed J. Antimicrobial activity of essential oils of Curcuma longa and Syzygium aromaticum against multiple drug-resistant pathogenic bacteria. Trop Biomed 2023; 40:174-182. [PMID: 37650404 DOI: 10.47665/tb.40.2.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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The present study was conducted to investigate the antimicrobial potential of essential oils of Curcuma longa and Syzygium aromaticum against multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria. Four identified bacterial isolates including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii were selected and their antibiotic sensitivity was checked by disc diffusion assay. C. longa and S. aromaticum were subjected to steam distillation to obtain their essential oils. The crude essential oils were fractioned by employing column chromatography. Crude essential oils and their fractions were evaluated for their antibacterial activity by agar well diffusion assay and minimum inhibitory concentrations were calculated. All the selected bacterial isolates showed resistance to three or more than three antibiotic groups and were declared as multidrugresistant (MDRs). Crude essential oils of C. longa and S. aromaticum exhibited antimicrobial activity against all selected isolates but S. aromaticum activity was better than the C. longa with a maximum 19.3±1.50 mm zone of inhibition against A. baumannii at 1.04 µL/mL MIC. GC/MS analysis revealed the abundance of components including eugenol, eugenyl acetate, b- caryophyllene, and a- Humulene in both crude oil and fractions of S. aromaticum. While the main components of C. longa essential oil were Ar-tumerone, a-tumerone, b- Tumerone, I-Phellandrene, a-zingibirene, b- sesquiphellandrene, and p- Cymene. This study highlights that plant-based essential oils could be a promising alternative to antibiotics for which pathogens have developed resistance. C. longa and S. aromaticum carry compounds that have antimicrobial potential against multiple drug-resistant bacteria including MRSA. E. coli, K. pneumoniae and A. baumannii.
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- M Q Zeshan
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Bio-Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Bio-Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Bio-Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan
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- Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan
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- Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan
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- 2Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of the Punjab Lahore-Pakistan
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Hegazy A, Mahmoud SH, Elshaier YAMM, Shama NMA, Nasr NF, Ali MA, El-Shazly AM, Mostafa I, Mostafa A. Antiviral activities of plant-derived indole and β-carboline alkaloids against human and avian influenza viruses. Sci Rep 2023; 13:1612. [PMID: 36709362 PMCID: PMC9883826 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-27954-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The persistent evolution of drug-resistant influenza strains represents a global concern. The innovation of new treatment approaches through drug screening strategies and investigating the antiviral potential of bioactive natural-based chemicals may address the issue. Herein, we screened the anti-influenza efficacy of some biologically active indole and β-carboline (βC) indole alkaloids against two different influenza A viruses (IAV) with varied host range ranges; seasonal influenza A/Egypt/NRC098/2019(H1N1) and avian influenza A/chicken/Egypt/N12640A/2016(H5N1). All compounds were first assessed for their half-maximal cytotoxic concentration (CC50) in MDCK cells and half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50) against influenza A/H5N1. Intriguingly, Strychnine sulfate, Harmalol, Harmane, and Harmaline showed robust anti-H5N1 activities with IC50 values of 11.85, 0.02, 0.023, and 3.42 µg/ml, respectively, as compared to zanamivir and amantadine as control drugs (IC50 = 0.079 µg/ml and 17.59 µg/ml, respectively). The efficacy of the predefined phytochemicals was further confirmed against influenza A/H1N1 and they displayed potent anti-H1N1 activities compared to reference drugs. Based on SI values, the highly promising compounds were then evaluated for antiviral efficacy through plaque reduction assay and consistently they revealed high viral inhibition percentages at non-toxic concentrations. By studying the modes of antiviral action, Harmane and Harmalol could suppress viral infection via interfering mainly with the viral replication of the influenza A/H5N1 virus, whilst Harmaline exhibited a viricidal effect against the influenza A/H5N1 virus. Whereas, Strychnine sulfate elucidated its anti-influenza potency by interfering with viral adsorption into MDCK cells. Consistently, chemoinformatic studies showed that all studied phytochemicals illustrated HB formations with essential peptide cleft through the NH of indole moiety. Among active alkaloids, harmalol displayed the best lipophilicity metrics including ligand efficiency (LE) and ligand lipophilic efficiency (LLE) for both viruses. Compounds geometry and their ability to participate in HB formation are very crucial.
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- Akram Hegazy
- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza District, 12613, Giza, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, 12622, Egypt
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- Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, 32897, Menoufia, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, 12622, Egypt
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza District, 12613, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza District, 12613, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Sharkia, Egypt.,Faculty of Pharmacy, El Saleheya El Gadida University, El Saleheya El Gadida, 44813, Sharkia, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Sharkia, Egypt.
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
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Asghar MU, Anjum AA, Rabbani M, Khan MA, Ali MA, Azeem S. A commercial monovalent canine parvovirus vaccine performs better than a commercial combination vaccine in puppies. J HELL VET MED SOC 2023. [DOI: 10.12681/jhvms.27960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Thirty puppies were randomly divided in to 3 groups for comparative evaluation of two commercial CPV vaccines. Each group was further subdivided in to < 6 months and < 3 months -old puppies and either vaccinated with a monovalent vaccine: Primodog, a combination vaccine: Duramune or maintained as a non-vaccinated control. Humoral immune response was determined by Hemagglutination Inhibition (HAI) on 21 and 35 -days after vaccination. The geometric mean titer (GMT) induced by Duramune, 21 and 35 -days post-vaccination was GMT 73.3 and 137.2, respectively. Comparatively, Primodog demonstrated higher GMT on 21 and 35 -days after vaccination: 97.0 and 168.9, respectively. The older puppies (< 6 months old) demonstrated higher seroconversion to both vaccines.
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Islam J, Mitro SK, Hossain MM, Uddin MM, Jahan N, Islam AKMA, Naqib SH, Ali MA. Exploration of the physical properties of the newly synthesized kagome superconductor LaIr 3Ga 2 using different exchange-correlation functionals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:29640-29654. [PMID: 36449332 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04054a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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LaIr3Ga2 is a kagome superconductor with a superconducting temperature (Tc) of 5.16 K. Here, we present the physical properties of the LaIr3Ga2 kagome superconductor computed via the DFT method wherein six different exchange-correlation functionals were used. The lattice parameters obtained using different functionals are reasonable, with a slight variation compared to experimental values. The bonding nature was explored. The elastic constants (Cij), moduli (B, G, Y), and Vickers hardness (Hv) were computed to disclose the mechanical behavior. The Hv values were estimated to be 2.56-3.16 GPa using various exchange-correlation functionals, indicating the softness of the kagome material. The Pugh ratio, Poisson's ratio, and Cauchy pressure revealed the ductile nature. In addition, mechanical stability was ensured based on the estimated elastic constants. The anisotropic mechanical behavior was confirmed via different anisotropic indices. The Debye temperature (ΘD), melting temperature (Tm), and minimum thermal conductivity (kmin) were calculated to characterize the thermal properties and predict the potential of LaIr3Ga2 as a thermal barrier coating material. The electronic density of states was investigated in detail. The McMillan equation was used to estimate Tc, and the electron-phonon coupling constant (λ) was calculated to explore the superconducting nature. The important optical constants were also calculated to explore its possible optoelectronic applications. The values of reflectivity in the IR-visible region are about 62% to 80%, indicating that the compound under study is suitable as a coating to reduce solar heating. The obtained parameters were compared with previously reported parameters, where available.
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- J Islam
- National Institute of Textile Engineering & Research, Savar, Dhaka 1350, Bangladesh
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- Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University, Jamalpur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chattogram-4349, Bangladesh. .,Advanced Computational Materials Research Laboratory (ACMRL), Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chattogram-4349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chattogram-4349, Bangladesh. .,Advanced Computational Materials Research Laboratory (ACMRL), Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chattogram-4349, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chattogram-4349, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, International Islamic University Chittagong, Kumira, Chattogram-4318, Bangladesh.,Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.
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- Advanced Computational Materials Research Laboratory (ACMRL), Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chattogram-4349, Bangladesh.,Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chattogram-4349, Bangladesh. .,Advanced Computational Materials Research Laboratory (ACMRL), Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chattogram-4349, Bangladesh
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Ahmed SS, Rahman MO, Alqahtani AS, Sultana N, Almarfadi OM, Ali MA, Lee J. Anticancer potential of phytochemicals from Oroxylum indicum targeting Lactate Dehydrogenase A through bioinformatic approach. Toxicol Rep 2022; 10:56-75. [PMID: 36583135 PMCID: PMC9792705 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2022.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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In recent years, small molecule inhibition of LDHA (Lactate Dehydrogenase A) has evolved as an appealing option for anticancer therapy. LDHA catalyzes the interconversion of pyruvate and lactate in the glycolysis pathway to play a crucial role in aerobic glycolysis. Therefore, in the current investigation LDHA was targeted with bioactive phytochemicals of an ethnomedicinally important plant species Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz. A total of 52 phytochemicals were screened against LDHA protein through molecular docking, ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion and Toxicity) assay and molecular dynamics simulation to reveal three potential lead compounds such as Chrysin-7-O-glucuronide (-8.2 kcal/mol), Oroxindin (-8.1 kcal/mol) and Oroxin A (-8.0 kcal/mol). ADMET assay unveiled favorable pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and toxicity properties for all the lead compounds. Molecular dynamics simulation exhibited significant conformational stability and compactness. MM/GBSA free binding energy calculations further corroborated the selection of top candidates where Oroxindin (-46.47 kcal/mol) was found to be better than Chrysin-7-O-glucuronide (-45.72 kcal/mol) and Oroxin A (-37.25 kcal/mol). Aldolase reductase and Xanthine dehydrogenase enzymes were found as potential drug targets and Esculin, the FDA approved drug was identified as structurally analogous to Oroxindin. These results could drive in establishing novel medications targeting LDHA to fight cancer.
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- Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh,Corresponding author.
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, Jagannath University, Dhaka 1100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Deperment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environment and Forest Resources, Chungnam National University, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Ali MA, Keshavarzi F, Hasan R, Luckie M, Daniels M, Abulkhir A, Fraser D. The Manchester experience – a novel technique for supra-annular placement of the Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra TVH prosthesis in severe bicuspid aortic valve stenosis. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Bicuspid AV disease has been excluded from the seminal trials evaluating transcatheter heart valve (THV) placement in severe aortic stenosis. Although registry data has shown good results overall, case selection likely involves more challenging anatomical subsets being treated either surgically or medically in this very heterogenous condition. Conventional annular placement, as well as high annular placement in tapered anatomies remain the commonest deployment techniques. We reasoned that marked supra-annular placement with the mid-portion of the SAPIEN 3 Ultra (S3U) valve sealing skirt placed at the narrowest opening point at commissural level could be an alternative strategy allowing treatment of additional patient groups. This proposed technique takes advantage of elliptical expansion at commissural level with more circular expansion above and below this point to prevent embolisation, as well as sealing skirt positioning at the narrowest opening point to prevent paravalvular leak.
Aims
We examined the feasibility of marked supra-annular placement of the balloon-expandable S3U prosthesis with the mid-point of the sealing skirt placed at commissural level in patients with severe bicuspid aortic valve stenosis and relative contra-indications to annular placement.
Methods
We assessed patients with severe bicuspid aortic stenosis undergoing TAVI at our centre over a 9-month period and identified those with relative contra-indications to conventional annular placement. These included: (i) excessive annular size (ii) severe leaflet and raphe calcification with risk of rupture into the right ventricle (iii) excessive leaflet length with potential leaflet overhang. CT imaging was used to define the narrowest opening location at commissural level, typically 10–15mm supra-annular. The diameter at this level was used to select THV size. Calculations were made to approximate the mid skirt level to this supra-annular position. In most cases this involved supra-annular positioning with the lower THV border 5–8mm supra-annular. This was achieved in most cases by aligning the unexpanded border with the annulus.
Results
Out of 9 patients with biscupid AV, 4 had relative contra-indications for annular placement. In all 4 cases, excellent valvular expansion with only minimal paravaulvar leak was achieved with placement of the S3U prosthesis at 5–7mm above the annulus and with supra-annular sealing at commissural level. Annular dimensions of 35.5mm and 31.5mm were successfully treated with 29mm and 26mm valves due to significant tapering at commissural level in 2 patients. There were no procedural complications, incidences of AV blocks or valve embolisation.
Conclusion
As a proof of concept, we have demonstrated excellent outcomes with marked supra-annular TAVI placement in patients with severe bicuspid AV stenosis and anatomy unfavourable for conventional annular placement. This is the first description of this completely novel deployment technique.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public hospital(s). Main funding source(s): Manchester Royal Infirmary
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- M A Ali
- Manchester Royal Infirmary , Manchester , United Kingdom
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- Manchester Royal Infirmary , Manchester , United Kingdom
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- Manchester Royal Infirmary , Manchester , United Kingdom
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- Manchester Royal Infirmary , Manchester , United Kingdom
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- Manchester Royal Infirmary , Manchester , United Kingdom
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- Manchester Royal Infirmary , Manchester , United Kingdom
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- Manchester Royal Infirmary , Manchester , United Kingdom
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Keerthika Devi R, Ganesan M, Chen TW, Chen SM, Lou BS, Ajmal Ali M, Al-Hemaid FM, Li RH. Gadolinium vanadate nanosheets entrapped with 1D-halloysite nanotubes-based nanocomposite for the determination of prostate anticancer drug nilutamide. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sonaullah M, Sabur MA, Kabir MS, Mohiuddin AM, Ali MA, Nandi B, Nahar N. Functional Outcome of Subtrochanteric Femoral Fracture Fixation by Intramedullary Interlocking Surgical Implant Generation Network Nail. Mymensingh Med J 2022; 31:606-613. [PMID: 35780340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Subtrochanteric femoral fractures are one of the common fractures encountered in today's Orthopaedic practice. High stress leads implant failure and produce varus collapse. From the perspective of biomechanics, intramedullary fixation has unique advantage which can better distribute stress and acting load-sharing implants. Biomechanically proximal wide canal and short segment provide less optimal fixation by conventional intramedullary nails. Intramedullary nail by Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) has proximal interlocking that gain purchase through femoral neck and provide improved stability for proximal part. The aim of this study was to evaluate the functional outcome of subtrochanteric fractures fixation by intramedullary interlocking SIGN nail. This prospective study was conducted from July 2016 to June 2018 at National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) through non randomized purposive sampling. Total 31 patients, aged above 18 years irrespective of sex with closed subtrochanteric fractures were included. Patients with pathological fracture, multiple injuries were excluded from the study. The mean age of the patients was 42.61±19.59 years with range 18-80 years. Most common fractures were Seinsheimer type III (51.6%) and average follows up 42.39 weeks (24-48 weeks). Union rate 93.55% with delayed union 6.45% and no nonunion. Functionally most of patient started early partial (77.42%) and full (64.52%) weight bearing with 61.29% have full knee ROM and 83.9% without limb shortening. Maximum patients regained walking (83.87%) and squatting (90.32%) and return to preinjury state (80.65%) of activities. Evaluation of outcome by Modified Harris Hip Score showed excellent (70.97%), good (22.58%), fair (3.23%) and poor (3.23%) thus satisfactory outcome were 93.55%. This study concludes that intramedullary interlocking SIGN nail is a safe and reliable implant for the treatment of subtrochanteric fractures with excellent functional outcome.
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- M Sonaullah
- Dr Md Sonaullah, Resident Surgeon, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Al-Mareed AA, Farah MA, Al-Anazi KM, Hailan WAQ, Ali MA. Potassium bromate-induced oxidative stress, genotoxicity and cytotoxicity in the blood and liver cells of mice. Mutat Res Genet Toxicol Environ Mutagen 2022; 878:503481. [PMID: 35649675 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2022.503481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Potassium bromate (KBrO3) is an oxidising agent that is extensively used as a food additive, it is also a product of cosmetic and pharmaceutical relevance. The objective of this study was to evaluate the oxidative stress, genotoxicity, and apoptosis induced by KBrO3 in an experimental animal model. To study the toxic effects and oxidative stress, different doses of KBrO3 below LD50 (The half maximal lethal dose, 50, 100 and 150 mg/kg body weight) were given intraperitoneally to the mice for multiple time periods (24, 48, and 72 h). The results showed that KBrO3 significantly induces oxidative damage by increasing the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidase and depleted the levels of catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione (GSH) enzymes in the serum and liver. Moreover, a significant increase of chromosomal aberrations in bone marrow cells and an elevated incidence of micronuclei in the peripheral blood of mice were observed. KBrO3 induces 3 ´ -OH end double-strand DNA breaks, which was evident in liver sections of the treated mice, and increases the percentage of apoptotic cells, as observed in TUNEL assays and flow cytometry analysis. The present findings indicate that KBrO3 induces oxidative stress, genotoxicity, and cytotoxicity in a dose- and time-dependent manner in mice.
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- Ali Abdullah Al-Mareed
- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Natesan M, Subramaniyan P, Chen TW, Chen SM, Ajmal Ali M, Al-Zaqri N. Ceria-doped zinc oxide nanorods assembled into microflower architectures as electrocatalysts for sensing of piroxicam in urine sample. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Al-Mohaimeed AM, Abbasi AM, Ali MA, Dhas DSD. Reduction of multiple antibiotics from the waste water using coated glutathione S-transferase producing biocatalyst. Environ Res 2022; 206:112262. [PMID: 34695426 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Oxytetracycline is widely used in veterinary and human medicine. It has been detected in wastewater from pharmaceuticals, hospitals and domestic wastewater. In recent years, much more attention has been directed towards glutathione transferases (GSTs) because of their bio-transforming ability of antibiotics. In this study, 19 Lactobacillus strains were initially screened for the production of GSTs and five strains were selected for biotransformation of oxytetracycline. Among the strains, L. fermentum LA6 improved oxytetracyline degradation than other strains. It was subjected to optimize GST production and optimum growth was achieved after 24 h incubation at 32 ± 2 °C and 200 mg/L initial oxytetracycline concentration. The biocatalyst was immobilized and antibiotic degradation efficiency was analyzed. The immobilized culture of L. fermentum LA6 improved biodegradation of oxytetracycline in the wastewater. At 50 mg/L initial antibiotic concentration, 53.2 ± 2.8% oxytetracycline degradation was achieved, however, it improved at 200 mg/L antibiotic concentration in the culture medium (89.1 ± 4.3%) after 24 h. The chemical oxygen demand (COD) of the wastewater decreased significantly after treatment. At 200 mg/L oxytetracycline concentration, COD removal was considerably high (93.6 ± 5.3 mg/L) than 150 mg/L oxytetracycline concentration in the medium. Antibiotic removal efficiency in immobilized form revealed that this method is highly suitable for the removal of antibiotics from the wastewater.
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- Amal M Al-Mohaimeed
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- University of Gastronomic Sciences, 12042, Pollenzo, Italy; Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, 22060, Abbottabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India.
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Al-Mohaimeed AM, Abbasi AM, Ali MA, Shazhni JRA. Detection of trizole contaminated waste water using biocatalyst and effective biodegradation potential of flubendiamide. Environ Res 2022; 206:112264. [PMID: 34687753 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Flubendiamide is a new class of chemical pesticide with broad spectrum activity against lepidopteran pests. Due to limited approach and high specificity towards various non targeted organisms, the unrestricted application of this pesticide as a prominent alternate for organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides, causing serious environmental pollution. In this study, wastewater was used for the determination of microbial strains and pesticide degrading fungi. Microbial population and flubendiamide resistant fungal strains were characterized using enriched medium. Aerobic bacteria (6.38 ± 0.23 log CFU/mL), nitrifying bacteria (2.73 ± 0.31 CFU/mL), Lactobaillus (0.72 ± 0.03 log CFU/mL), actinomycetes (5.36 ± 0.27 log CFU/mL) and fungi (4.79 ± 0.22 log CFU/mL) were detected. The prominent fungi genera were, Fusarium, Trichoderma, Cladophialophora, Paecilomyces, Talaromyces, Penicillium, Aspergillus, Candida, Phyllosticta, Mycosphaerella, Ochroconis, and Mucor. Minimum inhibitory concentration of the rapidly growing organism (FR04) revealed its ability to tolerate up to 1250 mg/L flubendiamide concentration. Morphological, biochemical and molecular analysis revealed that the strain was Aspergillus terreus FR04. The residual pesticide was detected using a High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). High performance liquid chromatography analysis revealed that 89 ± 1.9% pesticide removal efficiency was observed in strain FR04 at optimized culture conditions (96 h, pH 6.5, 30 °C and 300 mg/L pesticide concentration). The strain FR04 degraded pollutants from the wastewater and improved water quality. A. terreu sFR04 is an indigenous fungus and has the ability to degrade trizole pesticides from the wastewater significantly.
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- Amal M Al-Mohaimeed
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- University of Gastronomic Sciences, 12042, Pollenzo, Italy; Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, 22060, Abbottabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Lekshmipuram College of Ars and Science, Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Sonaullah M, Sabur MA, Sajib WH, Faruquee SR, Kabir S, Minto MR, Mohiuddin AM, Ali MA, Nandi B, Nahar N. Result of Subtrochanteric Femoral Fracture Fixation by Intramedullary Interlocking Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) Nail. Mymensingh Med J 2022; 31:304-311. [PMID: 35383742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Treatment of sub-trochanteric femoral fractures is a challenge to orthopaedic surgeons. High incidence of fixation failure and nonunion is due to thick cortical bone deserves special consideration of surgical treatment. Intramedullary nail by Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN) shows promising results in comparison to conventional fixation method because of its better strength, accuracy and surprisingly better results in infection and non-union. The aim of this study was to assess the rate and time taken for union of fractures by SIGN nail and determine peri-operative parameters. This prospective study was conducted from July 2016 to June 2018 at National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic rehabilitation (NITOR) through non randomized purposive sampling. Total 31 patients, aged above 18 years irrespective of sex with closed subtrochanteric fractures were included. Patients with pathological fracture, multiple injuries were excluded from the study. Union status evaluated by Radiographic Union Score for Tibial (RUST) fracture where antero-posterior and lateral radiographs (X-ray) based assessment of healing of the four cortices done. The individual cortical scores were added to give a total score 4 being the minimum indicating fracture is definitely not healed and 12 being the maximum score indicating that the fracture is definitely healed. The mean age of the patients was 42.61±19.59 years with range 18-80 years. Majority of patients were male (68%) and most of injury (68%) due to road traffic accident with common fracture were Seinsheimer type III (51.6%). Average hospital stay period was 16.39 days and average follows up 42.39 weeks (24-48 weeks). Time taken for union was 14.16 weeks (11-28 weeks). According to RUST scores fracture union rate 93.55% with delayed union 6.45% and no nonunion. There was one patient with superficial wound infection, one unaccepted shortening and with no implant failure. This study concludes that intramedullary interlocking SIGN nail is a safe and reliable implant for the treatment of subtrochanteric femoral fractures.
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- M Sonaullah
- Dr Md Sonaullah, Resident Surgeon, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Sivakumar M, Muthukutty B, Chen TW, Chen SM, Vivekanandan AK, Chen SH, Hatshan MR, Ali MA, Kumar M. Electrocatalytic detection of noxious antioxidant diphenylamine in fruit samples with support of Cu@nanoporous carbon modified sensor. Chemosphere 2022; 292:133400. [PMID: 34974048 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Herein, the facile synthesis of copper(II) and benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate (Cu-BTC) and copper nanoporous carbon (Cu@NPC) for the electrochemical detection of diphenylamine (DPA) was systematically investigated. The Cu-BTC and Cu@NPC materials structural, morphological, and thermal stability were evaluated and confirmed using FE-SEM, HR-TEM, XRD, FT-IR, and TGA. The electrocatalytic behavior of sensor materials was examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). It is presumed that the structural stability and synergic effect exhibited in Cu@NPC are favorable for enhanced sensitivity and selectivity towards the detection of DPA. The Cu@NPC exhibited a wide linear range (0.09-396.82 μM) and the lowest limit of detection (5 nM). Furthermore, the real sample analysis of the sensor for the detection of DPA in apples and pears confirms its potential capability in practical application.
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- Mani Sivakumar
- Advanced Membrane Materials Research Center, Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No:43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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- Nano Manufacturing and Surface Treatment Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No:43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Nano Manufacturing and Surface Treatment Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No:43, Section 4, Keelung Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University and Technology, 168, Jifeng E. Rd., Wufeng District, Taichung, 41349, Taiwan
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Devi RK, Ganesan M, Chen TW, Chen SM, Al-Hemaid FM, Ali MA, Al-Mohaimeed AM. Vanadium carbide and nitrogen-doped graphene nanosheets based layered architecture for electrochemical evaluation of clioquinol detection and energy storage application. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.139930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Manjula N, Pulikkutty S, Chen TW, Chen SM, Fan CH, Ali MA, Al-Hemaid FM. Electrochemical sensor based on cerium niobium oxide nanoparticles modified electrode for sensing of environmental toxicity in water samples. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fahad Raza M, Anwar M, Husain A, Rizwan M, Li Z, Nie H, Hlaváč P, Ali MA, Rady A, Su S. Differential gene expression analysis following olfactory learning in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). PLoS One 2022; 17:e0262441. [PMID: 35139088 PMCID: PMC8827436 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Insects change their stimulus-response through the perception of associating these stimuli with important survival events such as rewards, threats, and mates. Insects develop strong associations and relate them to their experiences through several behavioral procedures. Among the insects, Apis species, Apis mellifera ligustica are known for their outstanding ability to learn with tremendous economic importance. Apis mellifera ligustica has a strong cognitive ability and promising model species for investigating the neurobiological basis of remarkable olfactory learning abilities. Here we evaluated the olfactory learning ability of A. mellifera by using the proboscis extension reflex (PER) protocol. The brains of the learner and failed-learner bees were examined for comparative transcriptome analysis by RNA-Seq to explain the difference in the learning capacity. In this study, we used an appetitive olfactory learning paradigm in the same age of A. mellifera bees to examine the differential gene expression in the brain of the learner and failed-learner. Bees that respond in 2nd and 3rd trials or only responded to 3rd trials were defined as learned bees, failed-learner individuals were those bees that did not respond in all learning trials The results indicate that the learning ability of learner bees was significantly higher than failed-learner bees for 12 days. We obtained approximately 46.7 and 46.4 million clean reads from the learner bees failed-learner bees, respectively. Gene expression profile between learners’ bees and failed-learners bees identified 74 differentially expressed genes, 57 genes up-regulated in the brains of learners and 17 genes were down-regulated in the brains of the bees that fail to learn. The qRT-PCR validated the differently expressed genes. Transcriptome analyses revealed that specific genes in learner and failed-learner bees either down-regulated or up-regulated play a crucial role in brain development and learning behavior. Our finding suggests that down-regulated genes of the brain involved in the integumentary system, storage proteins, brain development, sensory processing, and neurodegenerative disorder may result in reduced olfactory discrimination and olfactory sensitivity in failed-learner bees. This study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the olfactory learning behavior and gene expression information, which opens the door for understanding of the molecular mechanism of olfactory learning behavior in honeybees.
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- Muhammad Fahad Raza
- College of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- * E-mail: (MFR); (SS)
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- Guangdong Technology Research Center for Marine Algal Bioengineering, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
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- College of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Integrated Forest and Landscape Protection, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- * E-mail: (MFR); (SS)
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Padmalaya G, Vardhan KH, Kumar PS, Ali MA, Chen TW. A disposable modified screen-printed electrode using egg white/ZnO rice structured composite as practical tool electrochemical sensor for formaldehyde detection and its comparative electrochemical study with Chitosan/ZnO nanocomposite. Chemosphere 2022; 288:132560. [PMID: 34653482 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In this study, Chitosan/ZnO nanocomposite (Ch/ZnO) and egg white/ZnO rice structured composite was synthesized by simple wet chemical technique and characterised by various techniques. A comparative electrochemical analysis were carried out and determined that egg white/ZnO rice structured composite modified screen printed electrode (SPCE) showed good electrochemical behaviour. The electrochemical activity of egg white/ZnO rice structured composite SPCE was investigated for the oxidation-reduction of formaldehyde in alkaline media using cyclic voltammetry (CV).Their unique electrocatalytic activity for the formaldehyde found to exhibit 254 mV cathodic current response towards low negative potentials. Based on these results, a novel screen printed sensor (Egg white albumin/ZnO rice structured composite) for the determination of formaldehyde was analysed using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The sensor response was linear from 0.001 mM to 0.005 mM with limit of detection (LOD) 6.2 nM and their sensitivity was found to be 770.68 mM/μA. The developed electrochemical formaldehyde sensor was successfully applied as working electrode in cyclic voltammetric determination of formaldehyde in urine samples. The sensor is selective, inexpensive, stable over several days and disposable as well as simple to manufacture and operate. The system described here can be easily be adapted to other substrates and used as practical tool for formaldehyde analysis.
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- G Padmalaya
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, 603110, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, 603110, India; Centre of Excellence in Water Research (CEWAR), Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, 603 110, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, 603110, India; Centre of Excellence in Water Research (CEWAR), Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, 603 110, India.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Kumari MLA, Devi LG, Maia G, Chen TW, Al-Zaqri N, Ali MA. Mechanochemical synthesis of ternary heterojunctions TiO 2(A)/TiO 2(R)/ZnO and TiO 2(A)/TiO 2(R)/SnO 2 for effective charge separation in semiconductor photocatalysis: A comparative study. Environ Res 2022; 203:111841. [PMID: 34380049 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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TiO2, ZnO, and SnO2 metal oxides were synthesized by the sol-gel method and heterojunctions were fabricated by combining TiO2 with either ZnO or SnO2 in a 1:1 ratio using mechanochemical ball milling process. The ball milling process promotes phase transition of TiO2 from anatase to rutile and yields ternary heterojunction of the type TiO2(A)/TiO2(R)/ZnO and TiO2(A)/TiO2(R)/SnO2 (A-anatase and R-rutile). These ternary heterojunctions were characterized by various analytical techniques and its photocatalytic efficiency is evaluated using 4-Chloro Phenol as a model compound under UV and solar light. The enhanced catalytic activity of TiO2(A)/TiO2(R)/ZnO heterojunction is attributed to the formation of Ti3+-Vo defect states which leads to the efficient charge carrier separation. During the ball milling process severe crystal deformation takes place in TiO2 and ZnO lattices by creating crystal lattice distortion which leads to the formation of defects due to valency mismatch between Ti4+ and Zn2+. A mechanistic pathway is proposed for the enhanced photocatalytic activity of the ternary heterojunctions.
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- M L Aruna Kumari
- Department of Post Graduate Studies in Chemistry, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, 560001, India; Department of Chemistry, M. S. Ramaiah College of Arts, Science, and Commerce, Bengaluru, 560054, India.
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- Department of Post Graduate Studies in Chemistry, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, 560001, India
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- Institute of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Muller, 1555, Campo Grande, MS, 79074-460, Brazil
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Badal FA, Ali MA, Islam MS, Rashid J, Alam MJ, Parvez AF, Rashid FJ, Alam MN, Rahman M. Diseases Pattern and Outcome among the Neonates in A Newly Established Special Care Newborn Unit (SCANU) At Secondary Level District Hospital in Bangladesh. Mymensingh Med J 2022; 31:129-134. [PMID: 34999692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Although huge improvement in neonatal mortality reduction in last two decades in Bangladesh but it is still very high compare with many other countries. High neonatal mortality also significantly contribute deaths among the under five children. Neonatal mortality reflects a nation's socio-economic status, efficiency and effectiveness of health care services. This was cross sectional study. The objective of this study was to analyse the diseases pattern and outcome of the neonates admitted in the newly established SCANU (Special care neonatal unit) of 250 bedded General Hospital of Tangail district, Bangladesh. Study period was one year from January 2017 to December 2017. Information from medical records of the SCANU was analysed. During the study period 1,379 neonates were admitted in the SCANU. The ratio between male and female was 1.5:1, 61% of the neonates admitted at first day of life. The reasons for admissions in SCANU were 31% of preterm and low birth weight, 23%birth asphyxia, 13% neonatal sepsis, 9% transient tachypnea of newborn, 5% congenital anomalies and 4% neonatal jaundice. Out of all neonates survival rate was 56% (779), while 25% (349) ended with fatality, 9% (122) were referred to tertiary level hospital and 10% (129) were left the hospital against medical advice. Among the fatal cases 63% died in first 24 hours and 88% in first week of life. Data shows that 47% deaths were due to preterm and low birth weight with its complication, other significant causes were birth asphyxia (30%), septicemia (16%) and congenital anomalies were (6%). Preterm and low birth weight, neonatal sepsis, birth asphyxia, transient tachypnea of newborn; congenital anomalies were the main reasons for admission in SCANU. Prematurity and its complication, birth asphyxia and neonatal sepsis as the major contributors to the neonatal mortality. The study findings will help researchers and policy makers to initiate further research and interventions to reduce fatality among the neonates in the SCANU.
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- F A Badal
- Dr Md Fakhrul Amin Badal, Resident Physician, Department of Pediatrics, 250 Bedded General Hospital, Tangail, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Zarin I, Ali MA, Paul SK, Mazid R, Amin SE. Efficacy of Probiotics in Treatment of Acute Rotavirus and Non Rotavirus Watery Diarrhoea in Children Admitted in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. Mymensingh Med J 2022; 31:49-54. [PMID: 34999679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amount helps in reducing the duration of diarrhoea. Objective of this double blind randomized controlled clinical trial was to assess the efficacy of probiotics in treatment of acute rotavirus & non rotavirus watery diarrhoea among children aged 6 months to 2 years admitted at diarrhoea corner of Paediatrics Department of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital from October 2017 to May 2019. It was a double blind randomized controlled clinical trial. Total 500 sample were divided into Group A=ORS, zinc plus placebo (n=250) and Group B=ORS, zinc plus probiotics (n=250). Both Group A and Group B consisted of children presented with rotavirus and non-rotavirus diarrhoea. Placebo or probiotics were given once daily for 5 days which was prepared and coded by department of Pharmacology. Stool specimens were taken to Microbiology Department of MMCH for rotavirus detection. Rotavirus was detected by Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Data was analyzed by computer using SPSS program version 23.0. A total of 500 children with acute watery diarrhoea were included. Among them 188 children were diagnosed as rotavirus positive. Among group A found 89 rotaviral and 161 non rotaviral diarrhoea patients. Among group B found 99 rotaviral and 151 non rotaviral diarrhoea patients. Baseline characteristics were similar in both groups. The duration of diarrhoea, hospital stay, and fever was significantly lesser in probiotics group when compared with control (p<0.001). But duration of vomiting did not reduce significantly in probiotics group. Frequency of stools reduced significantly in probiotics group.
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- I Zarin
- Dr Ismat Zarin, MD Resident, Paediatrics, Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Mymensingh, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Devi RK, Ganesan M, Chen TW, Chen SM, Liu X, Ali MA, Almutairi SM, Sethupathi M. Surface engineering of gadolinium oxide nanoseeds with nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots: an efficient nanocomposite for precise detection of antibiotic drug clioquinol. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj05243h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dot decorated gadolinium oxide nanoseeds as an electrode modifier for the sensitive electrochemical detection of the antibiotic drug clioquinol in urine samples.
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- Ramadhass Keerthika Devi
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, College of Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Department of Industrial Chemistry, Alagappa University, Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW72AZ, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, College of Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Education Ministry for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry, Alagappa University, Karaikudi-630003, Tamil Nadu, India
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Ali MA, Shalchi Z. Sea-fan neovascularization in sickle-cell retinopathy. QJM 2021; 114:747-748. [PMID: 34165558 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcab174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- M A Ali
- University College London, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Berkshire, UK
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Aktar A, Ali MA, Haque MA, Hossain S, Jasmine T, Zaman K, Islam MA, Ahmad F, Sharmin M, Pandit P, Ali MS. Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Children with Liver Disease Admitted In Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. Mymensingh Med J 2021; 30:897-902. [PMID: 34605453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Hepatitis B virus infection is an important cause of liver disease. Hepatitis B Virus may present with varying degree of severity. In older children, 5-10% cases leading to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. This descriptive cross sectional study was done to assess the prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus infection among hospitalized children with liver disease in pediatric department of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh from December 2015 to October 2016. All the children of both sexes having age between six months to twelve years admitted in the pediatric ward with acute or chronic liver disease were included in this study by purposive sampling. A written consent was obtained from legal guardian of children before inclusion. Ethical clearance was obtained from competent authority. A detailed history was taken from parents in each case according to pre-designed questionnaire about demography of the patients and the risk factors of the liver disease. A thorough clinical examination and available relevant investigations like serological testing for HBV infection was done in all patients. We had figure out the seropositivity of HBV among patients having liver disease by doing HBsAg and Anti-HBc IgM. Progress of the patient was monitored by daily clinical examinations and by investigating HBsAg and Anti-HBc IgM. Finally data analysis was done by SPSS version 21.0. Among total 100 patients most (44%) patients were in 7-10 years old and most (62%) of the participants were male. Acute liver disease was 58% cases and chronic liver disease was 42% cases. HBsAg was positive in 1 case among acute liver disease and 5 cases among chronic cases. Total 6 (six) patients were found positive for HBsAg. Anti HBc IgM was positive in 4 patients among acute liver disease. Among these Anti HBc IgM positive (4) patients only one had both HBsAg and Anti HBc IgM positive. So, four patients were confirming suffered from acute viral hepatitis because they had anti HBc IgM positive. On the contrary 5 patients suffered from chronic hepatitis by hepatitis B because they were only HBsAg positive. So, in this study 9 patients (9%) were confirming suffered from HBV infection. Possible transmission factors of hepatitis B were history of (H/O) blood transfusion/trauma/parenteral injection, H/O umbilical sepsis, H/O maternal illness/infection during pregnancy. HBV still is a major cause of morbidity. All the children with liver disease should be routinely tested for HBV.
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- A Aktar
- Dr Asma Aktar, Junior Consultant, Department of Paediatrics, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Taher MA, Ali MA, Islam MN, Parvin S, Yasmin L, Islam N, Shamim NI, Siddique NA. Overweight and Obesity among Children of Primary Schools of Mymensingh Municipal Area. Mymensingh Med J 2021; 30:613-624. [PMID: 34226446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Obesity is now recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. The relative percentage of change is higher in developing countries. Childhood obesity has become a serious public health emerging problem because of its strong association with adulthood obesity and related adverse health consequences. The main objective of the study was to find out the status of overweight and obesity among primary school children of Mymensingh municipal area. This cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among primary school children of Mymensingh municipal area from September 2016 to February 2018. Total 1450 students were enrolled from 6 schools. Schools were selected by random lottery method. Data was collected in predesigned case record forms by investigator with the help of students, teachers and parents. Anthropometry was measured by principal investigator. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated and plotted by using Center for disease control (CDC) BMI growth charts for age and sex. Children were categorized as obese, overweight, normal and underweight. Data analysis was done by computer software SPSS version 20.0. Mean age of children was 9.0±1.124 years. There was 47.4% male and 52.6% female. Among the 1450 children 18.6% obese, 17.5% overweight, 53.5% normal and 10.4% underweight. So, total 36.1% children had BMI above normal limit. Obesity was found more common among male children (p<0.001). Obesity and overweight was significantly associated with fast food consumption (p<0.001), playing computer and mobile games (p<0.001), watching TV (p<0.001), higher parent's education (p<0.001), higher parent's income (p<0.001), service holder father (p<0.001), family history of overweight or obesity (p<0.001), single child in family (p<0.001) and increased birth weight (p<0.001). A large number of primary school children in Mymensingh municipal area were overweight and obese. Childhood obesity and overweight varies from school to school. Childhood obesity and overweight is an emerging and growing health issue in municipal area.
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- M A Taher
- Dr Md Abu Taher, Registrar (Pediatrics), Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), Mymensingh, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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- M A Ali
- Barnet Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, EN5 3DJ, UK
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Ali MA, Qureshi MW. Newly synthesized MAX phase Zr 2SeC: DFT insights into physical properties towards possible applications. RSC Adv 2021; 11:16892-16905. [PMID: 35479708 PMCID: PMC9031168 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra02345d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A DFT study of the synthesized MAX phase Zr2SeC has been carried out for the first time to explore its physical properties for possible applications in many sectors. The studied properties are compared with prior known MAX phase Zr2SC. The structural parameters (lattice constants, volume, and atomic positions) are observed to be consistent with earlier results. The band structure and density of states (DOS) are used to explore the metallic conductivity, anisotropic electrical conductivity, and the dominant role of Zr-d states to the electrical conductivity at the Fermi level. Analysis of the peaks in the DOS and charge density mapping (CDM) of Zr2SeC and Zr2SC revealed the possible variation of the mechanical properties and hardness among them. The mechanical stability has been checked using elastic constants. The values of the elastic constants, elastic moduli and hardness parameters of Zr2SeC are found to be lowered than those of Zr2SC. The anisotropic behavior of the mechanical properties has been studied and analyzed. Technologically important thermodynamic properties such as the thermal expansion coefficient (TEC), Debye temperature (Θ D), entropy (S), heat capacity at constant volume (C v), Grüneisen parameter (γ) along with volume (V) and Gibbs free energy (G) are investigated as a function of both temperature (from 0 to 1600 K) and pressure (from 0 to 50 GPa). Besides, the Θ D, minimum thermal conductivity (K min), melting point (T m), and γ have also been calculated at room temperature and found to be lowered for Zr2SeC compared to Zr2SC owing to their close relationship with the mechanical parameters. The value of the Θ D, K min, T m, and TEC suggest Zr2SeC as a thermal barrier coating material. The optical properties such as dielectric constant (real and imaginary part), refractive index, extinction coefficient, absorption coefficient, photoconductivity, reflectivity, and loss function of Zr2SeC are computed and analyzed to reveal its possible applications.
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- M A Ali
- Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) Chattogram-4349 Bangladesh
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150001 China.,School of Materials Science & Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin 150001 China
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Rajaji U, Chinnapaiyan S, Chen TW, Chen SM, Mani G, Mani V, Ali MA, Al-Hemaid FM, El-Shikh MS. Rational construction of novel strontium hexaferrite decorated graphitic carbon nitrides for highly sensitive detection of neurotoxic organophosphate pesticide in fruits. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.137756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Al-Anazi KM, Al-Mareed AA, Farah MA, Ali MA, Hailan WAQ, Al-Hemaid FM. Protective Effect of Capparis spinosa Extract against Potassium Bromate Induced Oxidative Stress and Genotoxicity in Mice. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2021; 2021:8875238. [PMID: 33531925 PMCID: PMC7837764 DOI: 10.1155/2021/8875238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Revised: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Despite the commercial value of potassium bromate (KBrO3), it has been linked to many diseases including cancer. Capparis spinosa possesses exceptional ethnobotanical, pharmaceutical, and economic prominence by virtue of its bioactive components. The present study was designed to explore the protective role and antioxidant potential of ethanolic leaves extract of C. spinosa against the oxidative stress, genotoxicity, and apoptosis induced by KBrO3 in an experimental animal model. The results of the study revealed remarkable diminution in the levels of oxidative stress in all the treatment groups. C. spinosa extract attenuated the toxic effects of KBrO3 significantly (p < 0.05) in a time- and dose-dependent manner by restoring the normal levels of ROS and antioxidative enzymes in serum and liver tissues. The extract also abolished the oxidative DNA damage as it was evident in decreased frequency of micronuclei. A marked increase in viable cells was observed in annexin-V apoptosis assay. In conclusion, the findings of the present study demonstrate that ethanolic leaves extract of C. spinosa has considerable protective effects against KBrO3-induced toxicity in experimental mice which is attributed to its antioxidant activity. Therefore, leaves of C. spinosa could be used as a potential source of natural antioxidant and bioactive compounds.
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- Khalid Mashai Al-Anazi
- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Elshikh MS, Chen TW, Mani G, Chen SM, Huang PJ, Ali MA, Al-Hemaid FM, Al-Mohaimeed AM. Green sonochemical synthesis and fabrication of cubic MnFe 2O 4 electrocatalyst decorated carbon nitride nanohybrid for neurotransmitter detection in serum samples. Ultrason Sonochem 2021; 70:105305. [PMID: 33126185 PMCID: PMC7786591 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The binary nanomaterials and graphitic carbon based hybrid has been developed as an important porous nanomaterial for fabricating electrode with applications in non-enzymatic (bio) sensors. We report a fast synthesis of bimetal oxide particles of nano-sized manganese ferrite (MnFe2O4) decorated on graphitic carbon nitride (GCN) via a high-intensity ultrasonic irradiation method for C (30 kHz and 70 W/cm2). The nanocomposites were analyzed by powder X-ray diffraction, XPS, EDS, TEM to ascertain the effects of synthesis parameters on structure, and morphology. The MnFe2O4/GCN modified electrode demonstrated superior electrocatalytic activity toward the neurotransmitter (5-hydroxytryptamine) detection with a high peak intensity at +0.21 V. The appealing application of the MnFe2O4/GCN/GCE as neurotransmitter sensors is presented and a possible sensing mechanism is analyzed. The constructed electrochemical sensor for the detection of 5-hydroxytryptamine (STN) showed a wide working range (0.1-522.6 μM), high sensitivity (19.377 μA μM-1 cm-2), and nano-molar detection limit (3.1 nM). Moreover, it is worth noting that the MnFe2O4/GCN not only enhanced activity and also promoted the electron transfer rate towards STN detection. The proposed sensor was analyzed for its real-time applications to the detection of STN in rat brain serum, and human blood serum in good satisfactory results was obtained. The results showed promising reproducibility, repeatability, and high stability for neurotransmitter detection in biological samples.
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- Mohamed S Elshikh
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia
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Roy MK, Islam MS, Hossain MZ, Alauddin M, Alam MT, Sarkar TK, Banik SM, Nandi B, Ali MA, Begum T. Clinical Outcome in Intra Articular Distal Humerus Fractures in Adults Treated with Different Hardware in a Tertiary Level Hospital of Bangladesh. Mymensingh Med J 2021; 30:73-78. [PMID: 33397854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In adults, distal humerus fractures are infrequent and frequently intra-articular. Customarily encompass both medial and lateral columns. Operative management gives constructive outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical outcome in intra articular distal humerus fractures in adults treated by different hardware. This prospective study consists of 20 purposively selected patients with intra articular distal humerus fractures treated by surgical intervention with different hardware who were admitted to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh in between November 2016 to October 2018. Surgical approaches were standard dorsal with or without olecranon osteotomy. The mean age of the patients was 32.3 years, range between 18-55 years. The maximum patients i.e. 85% were between 18-45 years. Seventy percent (70%) of the cases admitted were due to Road traffic accident (RTA). Most of the patients were males 14(70%) with right upper limb was involved in 13(65%) cases. Mean Mayo Elbow Performance Score was 81.5 post-operatively. According to Mayo Elbow Performance (MEP) score clinical outcome was excellent in 20%, good in 50%, fair in 25% and poor in 10% of patients. Distal humerus fractures are censorious in nature. Proper anatomical articular reconstruction and stable fixation by surgical intervention helps in fruitful results.
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- M K Roy
- Dr Malay Kumar Roy, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Mymensingh, Bangladesh; E-mail:
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Maldonado-Lobón JA, Blanco-Rojo R, Maldonado J, Ali MA, Almazán MV, Suanes-Cabello A, Callejón E, Jaldo R, Benavídes MR, Negrillo AM, Sañudo A, Rodríguez C, Bañuelos O, Fonollá J, Olivares M. Efficacy of Bifidobacterium breve CECT7263 for infantile colic treatment: an open-label, parallel, randomised, controlled trial. Benef Microbes 2020; 12:55-67. [PMID: 33350361 DOI: 10.3920/bm2020.0105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Infantile colic is a prevalent condition characterised by excessive crying with no effective treatment available. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Bifidobacterium breve CECT7263 and a combination of this and Lactobacillus fermentum CECT5716 versus simethicone in reducing the daily time spent crying in colicky infants. A multicentre randomised, open-label, parallel, controlled trial of 28 days was performed in 150 infants who were diagnosed with colic according to the Rome III criteria and who randomly received simethicone (80 mg/day; Simethicone group), B. breve CECT7263 (2×108 cfu/day, Bb group), or a combination of L. fermentum CECT5716 and B. breve CECT7263 (1×108 cfu/day per strain, Bb+Lf group). The main outcomes were minutes of crying per day and the percentage of reduction in daily crying from baseline. Data were analysed per intention to treat. All treatments significantly decreased the daily crying time at the end of the intervention (P-time <0.001). However, the infants in the Bb group had significantly decreased crying time from the first week of the study (P<0.05), whereas the Bb+Lf group and the simethicone group had significantly decreased crying time from the second week (P<0.05). The percentage of reduction in the minutes of crying from baseline in the Bb group was significantly higher than that in the Simethicone group every week of the intervention (-40.3 vs -27.6% at 1-week; -59.2 vs -43.2% at 2-weeks; -64.5 vs -53.5% at 3-week and -68.5 vs -59.5% at 4-weeks, P<0.05). Additionally, in the Bb group, infants had better night sleep, and parents reported a more positive mood at the end of the intervention. All the products used in the study were safe and well tolerated. In conclusion, the breastmilk-isolated probiotic strain B. breve CECT7263 is a safe and effective treatment for infantile colic, presenting an earlier and more robust effect than the reference prescribed drug, simethicone.
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- Biosearch Life, Camino de Purchil 66, 18004 Granada, Spain
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- Pediatric Unit, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain Calle Ribera del Beiro s/n, 18014 Granada, Spain.,Pediatric Department, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.,Biosanitary Research Institute (IBS), Granada, Spain.,Maternal and Child Health and Development Network (SAMID), Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Clinic Roquetas de Mar, Avda. Rector Gustavo Villapalos, 17, 04740 Roquetas de Mar, Almería, Spain
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- Maracena Healthcare Centre, Camino de los Eriales s/n, 18200 Maracena, Granada, Spain
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- Poniente Healthcare Centre, Calle Rafael Márquez Mazzantini, s/n, 14005 Córdoba, Spain
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- Pediatric Clinic Roquetas de Mar, Avda. Rector Gustavo Villapalos, 17, 04740 Roquetas de Mar, Almería, Spain
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- Peligros Healthcare Centre, Calle Valencia, s/n, 18210 Peligros, Granada, Spain
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- Pediatric Clinic Roquetas de Mar, Avda. Rector Gustavo Villapalos, 17, 04740 Roquetas de Mar, Almería, Spain
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- La Magdalena Healthcare Centre, Calle Travesía Bobadilla Alta, 1, 23004 Jaén, Spain
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- Biosearch Life, Camino de Purchil 66, 18004 Granada, Spain
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- Biosearch Life, Camino de Purchil 66, 18004 Granada, Spain
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- Biosearch Life, Camino de Purchil 66, 18004 Granada, Spain
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- Biosearch Life, Camino de Purchil 66, 18004 Granada, Spain.,Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Biosearch Life, Camino de Purchil 66, 18004 Granada, Spain
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Chinnapaiyan S, Chen TW, Chen SM, Abdullah Alothman Z, Ajmal Ali M, Wabaidur SM, Al-Hemaid F, Lee SY, Chang WH. Ultrasonic-assisted preparation and characterization of magnetic ZnFe 2O 4/g-C 3N 4 nanomaterial and their applications towards electrocatalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol. Ultrason Sonochem 2020; 68:105071. [PMID: 32505099 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nanoball-structured ferromagnetic zinc ferrite nanocrystals (ZnFe2O4 NPs) entrapped with graphitic-carbon nitride (g-C3N4) was produced via straightforward and facile sonochemical synthetical technique (titanium probe; 100 W/cm2 and 50 KHz). The morphological (SEM), elemental (EDS), diffraction (XRD), XPS, and electrochemical studies (CV) have been carry out to verify the nanostructure and shape of the materials. The ZnFe2O4 NPs/g-C3N4 electrode (GCE) was constructed which displayed outstanding electrochemical ability towards toxic 4-nitrophenol (NTP). A sensitive, selective, reproducible, and durable electrochemical NTP sensor was developed by ZnFe2O4 NPs/g-C3N4 modified electrode. The modified sensor exhibited a high sensitivity and 4.17 nanomolars of LOD. It's greater than the LOD of previously reported NTP modified sensors. The real-time experiments of the modified electrochemical (ZnFe2O4 NPs/g-C3N4 electrode) sensor were successfully explained in various water (river and drinking) samples and its showed high standard recoveries. Therefore, sonochemical synthetical method and fabrication of modified electrode were developed this work based on environmental analysis of NTP sensor.
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- Sathishkumar Chinnapaiyan
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7, 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Taitung MacKay Memorial Hospital, MacKay Memorial Hospital, MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- MacKay Memorial College, Department of Cardiology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, Department of Medicine, Taiwan
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Maurya S, Darshetkar AM, Yi DK, Kim J, Lee C, Ali MA, Choi S, Choudhary RK, Kim SY. Plastome comparison and evolution within the tribes of Plantaginaceae: Insights from an Asian gypsyweed. Saudi J Biol Sci 2020; 27:3489-3498. [PMID: 33304160 PMCID: PMC7715022 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.09.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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In spite of availability of several plastomes representing different tribes of Plantaginaceae, sparse attempts have been made to understand the plastome structure, evolution, and phylogenomics. In the present study, we have made an effort to understand the gene content and plastome evolution in the family Plantaginaceae using the newly generated plastome sequence of Veronica ovata subsp. kiusiana, a taxon native to SE Asia. In the first-ever attempt, plastomes of seven out of 10 tribes of Plantaginaceae have been compared to understand the evolution across the tribes of Plantaginaceae. The size of the plastome of V. ovata subsp. kiusiana is 152,249 bp, showing a typical quadripartite structure containing LSC, SSC, and two IRs with the sizes of 83,187, 17,704, and 25,679 respectively. The plastome comparison revealed the unique deletions in ycf2 and ndhF genes of members of different tribes, and also revealed high nucleotide variable hotspots. The study also revealed six highly variable genes and intergenic spacer viz. rps16, rps15-ycf1, ccsA-ndhD, ndhC-trnV, petN-psbM, and ycf1-trnN as potential DNA barcodes for the genus Veronica. The phylogenomic study revealed the sister relationship between V. ovata subsp. kiusiana and V. persica and also suggested the tentative placement of seven tribes in the family Plantaginaceae.
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- Satish Maurya
- Biodiversity & Palaeobiology Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 411 004, India
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- Biodiversity & Palaeobiology Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 411 004, India
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- International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Seed Vault Center, Baekdudaegan National Arboretum, Gyeongsangbuk-do 36209, Republic of Korea
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- International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Chen TW, Chinnapaiyan S, Chen SM, Ali MA, Elshikh MS, Lee SY, Chang WH, Mahmoud AH. Sonochemical approach to the synthesis of metal tungstate/nafion composite with electrocatalytic properties and its electrochemical sensing performance. Ultrason Sonochem 2020; 66:104901. [PMID: 32244087 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2019.104901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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High-intensity ultrasound can be used to produce novel materials, offering an atypical pathway to recognized products without high bulk temperatures, high pressures, or long reaction times. A highly sensitive and selective robust modified sensor was developed using a composition of electrochemically active strontium metal (Sr) based tungstate interconnected with nafion polymer through a facile sonochemical approach. In addition, multiple parameters are important for sonochemical methods and specifically nanomaterial or electrocatalyst development during the ultrasonic irradiation. Moreover, high-intensity ultrasonic probe (Ti-horn) was used to synthesis of nanomaterial at 50 kHz and 200 W. The SrWO4/nafion was characterized via FESEM, EDX and XRD methods. 8-HD-guanosine (8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine) is one of the major byproduct of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) oxidation. The concentrations of 8-HD-guanosine within a cell are a measurement of oxidative stress in body and however its excess level in body causes carcinogenic threats. Therefore, the quantification of 8-HD-guanosine in biological samples with high sensitivity is of great significance. The SrWO4/nafion modified sensor displayed low detection of 14.36 nM and wide linear range (0.025-398.6 µM), compare to previous reports.
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- Tse-Wei Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan; Research and Development Center for Smart Textile Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Taitung MacKay Memorial Hospital, MacKay Memorial Hospital, MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; The Graduate Institute of Manufacturing Technology (GIMT), National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan (ROC); Institute of Mechatronic Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Chen TW, Rajaji U, Chen SM, Wang JY, Abdullah Alothman Z, Ajmal Ali M, Mohammad Wabaidur S, Al-Hemaid F, Lee SY, Chang WH. Sonochemical preparation of carbon nanosheets supporting cuprous oxide architecture for high-performance and non-enzymatic electrochemical sensor in biological samples. Ultrason Sonochem 2020; 66:105072. [PMID: 32229388 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Copper (Cu) based metal oxides have high electrocatalytic ability. In this work, we are synthesized stone-like cuprous oxide particles (Cu2O SNPs) covered on acid functionalized graphene oxide (GOS) sheets using ultrasonic process (50 kHz and 100 W). Besides, the chemical structural and crystalline analyses of Cu2O SNPs@GOS composites were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The Cu2O SNPs@GOS nanomaterials were tested towards detection of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in biological samples. As expected Cu2O SNPs@GOS catalyst modified electrodes performed an outstanding catalytic ability on 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine oxidation. 8-OHdG is oxidative stress biomarker. Further, it is noted that the detection performance of Cu2O SNPs@GOS coated electrodes and it's highly enhanced due to the synergistic effect of Cu2O SNPs and GOS. Besides, the modified materials provide more electro-active faces and as well as rapid electron transport pathway and shorten diffusion. Moreover, oxidation of 8-OHdG sensor is exploring a long linear or working range of 0.02-1465 µM and high sensitivity (8.75 nM). The viability of the Cu2O SNPs@GOS proposed electrochemical methods have tested, to find out 8-OHdG concentrations in biological fluids (blood serum and urine) with a satisfying recovery ranges.
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- Tse-Wei Chen
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Taitung MacKay Memorial Hospital, MacKay Memorial Hospital, MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- MacKay Memorial College Department of Cardiology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, Department of Medicine, Taiwan
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Ali MA, Naqib SH. Recently synthesized (Ti 1-x Mo x ) 2AlC (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.20) solid solutions: deciphering the structural, electronic, mechanical and thermodynamic properties via ab initio simulations. RSC Adv 2020; 10:31535-31546. [PMID: 35520673 PMCID: PMC9056384 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra06435a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The structural, electronic, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of (Ti1−xMox)2AlC (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.20) were explored using density functional theory. The obtained lattice constants agree well with the experimental values. The electronic band structure confirms the metallic nature. Strengthening of covalent bonds due to Mo substitution is confirmed from the study of band structure, electronic density of states and charge density mapping. The elastic constants satisfy the mechanical stability criteria. Strengthening of covalent bonds leads to enhanced mechanical properties. (Ti1−xMox)2AlC compounds are found to exhibit brittle behavior. The anisotropic nature of (Ti1−xMox)2AlC is revealed from the direction dependent Young's modulus, compressibility, shear modulus and Poisson's ratio as well as the shear anisotropic constants and the universal anisotropic factor. The Debye temperature, minimum thermal conductivity, Grüneisen parameter and melting temperature of (Ti1−xMox)2AlC have been calculated for different Mo contents. Our calculated values are compared with reported values, where available. The structural, electronic, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of (Ti1−xMox)2AlC (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.20) were explored using density functional theory.![]()
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- Department of Physics, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) Chattogram 4349 Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi Rajshahi-6205 Bangladesh
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Ali MA, Shaker OG, Khalefa AA, Abdelwahed MY, Ali E, Ezzat EM, Elghobary HA, Awaji AA, Fouad NA, Ayoub SE. Serum long noncoding RNAs FAS-AS1 & PVT1 are novel biomarkers for systemic lupus erythematous. Br J Biomed Sci 2020; 77:208-212. [PMID: 32614682 DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2020.1765459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder whose diagnosis depends on combination of multiple factors. Circulating lncRNAs could serve as diagnostic non-invasive biomarkers for SLE. We hypothesised that serum FAS-AS1 and PVT1 are new biomarkers for SLE that relate to clinical features and laboratory markers. Materials and Method: Measurement of serum FAS-AS1 & PVT1 by qRT-PCR, analysis of the association between two RNAs and the clinical data, activity index and laboratory markers by standard routine methods. Results: There was a significant relative increased serum FAS-AS1 (median (IQR) 2.19 (0.13-8.62) and a significant reduced PVT1 (median (IQR) 0.52 (0.01-7.55) in SLE patients compared to controls (P < 0.0001 for FAS-AS1 and = 0.007 for PVT1). Serum FAS-AS1 and PVT1 were positively correlated (r= 0.37, P = 0.001). Higher FAS-AS1 was significantly linked with nephritis (P = 0.011), positive anti-dsDNA (P= 0.01) and lower serum PVT1 was significantly associated with oral ulcers (P= 0.023), photosensitivity (P= 0.017), and neurological manifestations (P= 0.041). Serum PVT1 negatively correlated with age (r= -0.52, P< 0.0001) and ESR level (r= -0.29, P= 0.011) in SLE patients. No correlation between disease activity and serum FAS-AS1 or PVT1 was detected. Conclusions: Our study provides evidence that serum FAS-AS1 and PVT1 are new biomarkers for SLE.
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- M A Ali
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University Fayoum, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University , Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University , Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University , Fayoum, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University , Fayoum, Egypt
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University , Fayoum, Egypt
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- Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University , Cairo, Egypt
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- University of Tabuk, University College of Taymaa, Faculty of Science, Biology Department , Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Fayoum University , Fayoum 63514, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University Fayoum, Egypt
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