American Journal of Biology and Natural Sciences

Background: Ricinine is a castor alkaloid. Its significance is due to its chemical properties, biological potential and prospects of its antibacterial complexes. Objectives: To extracted and characterized from its castor garden origin, complexes were formed with Platinum, Copper, Cobalt, Nickel a...

Ricinine Castor Plant Alkaloids Metal Complexes Antibacterial Activity

Background: Root rot disease is one of the most prevalent and damaging conditions, resulting from various soil-borne pathogens. Objective: To investigated the individual and synergistic effects of chitosan and melatonin on the defense response of melon plants against root rot disease caused by Rh...

Melon Chitosan Melatonin Rhizoctonia solani

Background: There is a lack of phenotype-based data associated with the 2017 stage–grade framework for periodontal disease in Iraq, and subgingival biofilms maintain the periodontal dysbiosis and may include clinically relevant antimicrobial non-susceptibility bacteria. Objective: To evaluate if ...

antimicrobial resistance biofilm minimum inhibitory concentration periodontitis stage and grade subgingival bacteria

Abstract: Background: Routine cleaning of high-touch surfaces in the hospital may leave healthcare-associated bacteria. Resistance might be increased if antimicrobial resistance is combined with the ability to form biofilms and withstand killing by standard disinfectants. In this study, the assoc...

Hospital environment high-touch surfaces multidrug-resistant bacteria biofilm disinfectant tolerance minimum bactericidal concentration time-kill assay and infection prevention and control

Background: Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important cause of healthcare-associated infection, and its persistence is enhanced by biofilm formation and virulence-associated genes. This study investigated antimicrobial susceptibility, biofilm-forming ability, and the prevalence of...

Klebsiella pneumoniae multidrug resistance biofilm mrkA luxS

Net photosynthetic productivity (NPP) is an important physiological indicator that characterizes the efficiency of plant photosynthesis and reflects the amount of dry matter accumulated by a plant per unit of leaf area during a specific period. It is closely associated with the intensity of carbo...

net photosynthetic productivity leaf area leaf age light intensity temperature water availability mineral nutrition surface evaporation carbon dioxide soybean grain oxygen dry matter biomass

The paper describes the species composition and seed ripening periods of halophytes and xerophytes growing on the bed of a dried salt lake in Tamdy district, Navoi region, the collection of seeds of 13 species in 2025, and the results of their sowing on 21 February 2026 at the research station on...

Aral Sea Aralkum Introduction Halophyte Xerophyte Seed Germination Phenology Halopeplis perfoliata Salicornia perennans Organo-Mineral Composition Phytomelioration

The quality deterioration of ground beef during refrigerated storage is very rapid due to lipid oxidation and microbial contamination. The objective of this research was to assess the inhibitory ability of extracts rich in phenolic compounds and tannins obtained from the leaves and flowers of the...

Capparis spinosa L Ground beef Lipid oxidation TBARS Microbial spoilage Tannins Natural preservatives

An increase in environmental pollution as a result of industrial and agricultural operations has displayed an ongoing need for systems that can provide sustainable remediation. This highlights that microbial biofilms have a unique ability to adsorb, transform and degrade various pollutants which ...

Microbial Biofilms Bioremediation Environmental Pollution Wastewater Treatment Pollutant Degradation

The present study aimed to explore the linkage of APOE gene polymorphism with AD and to assess the effects of age, gender and type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Iraqi population. The study included 62 patients with AD and 48 control patients. In clinical results, the incidence of AD was observed ...

Alzheimer's disease Apolipoprotein E Type 2 diabetes mellitus Gene polymorphism

Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) is a valuable berry crop rich in vitamins, organic acids and polyphenolic antioxidants, yet its cultivation in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan remains poorly studied. This article presents the results of the first year (2025–2026) of a study on the introduction of sev...

raspberry Rubus idaeus cultivar introduction phenology ripening period heat tolerance meadow-bog soil drip irrigation Andijan region

Growth hormone (GH) is a crucial polypeptide hormone that controls poultry species' growth, development, metabolism, and ability to reproduce. In order to obtain the matching recombinant GH protein in a pure form for further biological research, the current study aimed to molecularly clone the gr...

Japanese Quail Coturnix Japonica Growth Hormone GH Gene Molecular Cloning Recombinant Protein Gene Expression Protein Purification

Nitrogen-containing heterocycles constitute a central structural class in medicinal chemistry, and 1,2,4-triazole derivatives remain attractive because of their synthetic accessibility, electronic versatility, and recurrent antibacterial and antifungal activity. This study presents a coherent des...

nitrogen heterocycles 1 2 4-triazole Schiff bases antimicrobial activity antifungal activity structure–activity relationship MIC

The research aimed to investigate the effects of humic acid and poultry manure on the growth and yield of kale plants throughout the growing season. Two concentrations of humic acid (4 and 6 g L-1) and two levels of poultry manure (100 and 200 g m-2), in addition to the control, were used. The fi...

Kale Crop Production Organic Fertilizer

Secondary salinization is the principal form of land degradation in the irrigated lowlands of the middle Syrdarya basin, where shallow and mineralized groundwater, high evaporative demand and inefficient drainage combine to degrade soil quality. This study assesses the ecological properties of sa...

soil salinity geographic information system remote sensing Sentinel-2 regression-kriging soil ecological condition index Syrdarya region Uzbekistan

Background; Infertility is a significant health concern affecting many women in Mosul City. Hysterosalpingography (HSG), a diagnostic and potentially therapeutic procedure, may increase the likelihood of pregnancy in infertile females by identifying and sometimes resolving tubal blockages. Aims o...

Infertility Hysterosalpingography (HSG) Fallopian Tube Blockage Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Tubal Patency

Introduction. The growing prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacterial strains poses a major obstacle to the effective management of urinary system infections, as a result of the spread resistance associated plasmids. Objetives. This research investigates the antimicrobial and plasmid-curing poten...

UTIs curing plasmids pomegranate Antibacterial resistance antibiotic