November 2012

In-vitro evaluation of the anti-bacterial properties of crude extracts of Dorstenia mannii (Moraceae)

  Bacterial resistance to classical antibiotics nowadays is becoming a health concern in Cameroon. Patients suffering from bacteria attack spend money to carry out laboratory tests for effective diagnosis, with very little positive results. This is due to the fact that most of our hospitals lack the up to date laboratory equipments, to detect the real antibiotic that will kill a particular bacterium. This has...

Author(s):   Fokunang C.N., Mejane N.N., , Noumie E., Ngameni B., Gonsu H.K., Kechia F.A., Awoussong K.P., Guedje N.M., Jiofack R.T.,  Fokunang-Tembe E.A., Ngoupayo J., Ndikum V., Tabi O.Y., and Ngadjui B.T.

November 2012

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Ocimum sanctum (Tulashi) and study of their antibacterial and antifungal activities

  In the present research program, cost effective and environment friendly silver nanoparticles were synthesized from the leaf extract of Ocimum sanctum, as reducing agent. The nanoparticles were characterized by using UV-visble, SEM and XRD methods. The absorption peak at 430 nm broadens with increase in time indicating the polydispersity nature of the nano particles. The SEM image showed relatively spherical...

Author(s): Yogeswari Rout, Sikha Behera, Akshya Kumar Ojha and P. L. Nayak

November 2012

Microbiological risk factors for acute coronary syndrome

  Many seroepidemiological studies have suggested that infection with Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, and Cytomegalovirus can initiate or maintain the atherosclerotic process. The aim of this study was to evaluate the probable relationship between serum titers of some infectious agents and the occurrence of acute coronary artery syndrome.  This is a hospital based case-control study, cases...

Author(s): Hala Ibrahim Awadalla, Salah El Demerdash, Maha Ezz El-Din and Hesham Abu El-Naga