Md. Shahidul Islam, Jennifer A. Saito, Emdadul Mannan Emdad, Borhan Ahmed et al.
Abstract Jute ( Corchorus sp.) is one of the most important sources of natural fibre, covering ∼80% of global bast fibre production 1 . Only Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis are commercially cultivated, though there are more than 100 Corchorus species 2 in the Malvaceae family. Here we d...
Fahad Ahmed, A. N. M. Fakhruddin, M. D. Toufick Imam, Nasima Khan et al.
In this study, metal pollution and their sources in surface soils were evaluated by pollution indices and multivariate statistical techniques in association with a geographical information system (GIS). Surface soil samples were collected in dry season from different locations of Dhaka Aricha highwa...
Osman Goni, Mohammad Forhad Khan, Md. Masudur Rahman, Md. Zahid Hasan et al.
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Aglaonema hookerianum Schott is an ethnomedicinally important plant used to treat a variety of diseases, including sexual and depression-like disorders. However, the scientific basis underlying the aforesaid properties have not been well justified. AIM OF THE STUDY The...
Mohammed Alimul Islam, Muzahed Uddin Ahmed, Nasima Begum, Naseem Akhtar Chowdhury et al.
During the febrile illness epidemic in Bangladesh in 2002, 58 people died out of the 6,132 affected. Two hundred hospitalized patients were analyzed clinically, serologically and virologically to determine the features of this dengue infection. Among the 10- to 70-year-old age group of the 200 clini...
Marcelo Takahiro Mitui, Seyed Masoud Tabib, Takashi Matsumoto, Wahida Khanam et al.
We report 4 children with encephalitis associated with human bocavirus (HBoV) 1 or 2. All children were severely underweight, and 2 died; 1 of them had a matching HBoV2 nucleotide sequence isolated from serum and bocavirus like particles in the cerebrospinal fluid that were observed with electron mi...
Md Sohel, Suraiya Aktar, Partha Biswas, Md. Al Amin et al.
BACKGROUND: The most common and deadly cancer in female is breast cancer (BC) and new incidence and deaths related to this cancer are rising. AIMS: Several issues, that is, high cost, toxicity, allergic reactions, less efficacy, multidrug resistance, and the economic cost of conventional anti-cancer...
Ali Ahsan Muzahid, Samia Sharmin, Md. Sakhawat Hossain, Kutub Uddin Ahamed et al.
Plant seeds are the resources of many different bioactive components. The chemical composition of the different crude extracts from Benincasa hispida (White pumpkin) and Cucurbita moschata (Pumpkin) seeds with three different polarity-based solvents (n-hexane, n-hexane-chloroform (2:1), and methanol...
Bijoy Maitra, Most. Halima Khatun, Firoz Ahmed, Nasim Ahmed et al.
Biosynthesis of metallic silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has gained much interest and offers an attractive alternate to physical and chemical approaches. In recent year several safe, easy, cost-effective, reproducible, and environmentally friendly synthesis approaches for silver nanoparticles have been...
Abu Nasim Nizami, Md. Atiar Rahman, Nazim Uddin Ahmed, Md. Shahidul Islam
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the antilithiatic effect of the whole Leea macrophylla (L. macrophylla) Roxb (Leeaceae) ethanol extract in ethylene glycol-induced urolithiasis model of rats. METHODS: Forty two seven weeks old male wistar albino rats were randomly divided into two major groups namely: prev...
Sufi HZ Rahman, M Golam Azam, M Anisur Rahman, MS Arfin et al.
AIM: To evaluate the performance of commercially available immunochromatographic (ICT) and immunoblot tests covering the current infection marker CIM and conventional ELISA for the diagnosis of H pylori infection in adult dyspeptic patients. METHODS: Consecutive non-treated dyspeptic patients underg...
Marhaba Matluba, Md. Kawser Ahmed, K M Azam Chowdhury, Nasim Khan et al.
This study investigated the prevalence of microplastics (MPs) in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of fish from the western coast of Bangladesh, the world's largest mangrove ecosystem. Altogether, 8 different species of fish (5 demersal and 3 pelagic) were examined. Microplastics were detected in eve...
Vanessa Lee, Faruk Ahmed, Shoko Wada, Tahmeed Ahmed et al.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh, and examine the relationship between various factors and vitamin A status. SETTING: Community Nutrition Promoter (CNP) centres in Kapasia sub-district of Gazipur district, Bangladesh. DES...
Shahin Aziz, Koushik Saha, Nasim Sultana, Husna Parvin Nur et al.
To investigate the elemental composition of the leaves and flowers of Catharanthus roseus (C. roseus) due to the plant's wide application in the indigenous medicinal system and its chemical constituents' importance. The atomic absorption spectrophotometer was used for quantitative analysis of variou...
Anees Ahmed, Abdur Rauf, Hassan A. Hemeg, Muhammad Nasimullah Qureshi et al.
In the present study, gold (Au) and silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized from aqueous extracts of Opuntia dillenii , characterized by various advanced techniques and investigated for antibacterial and antifungal potential. Phytochemical screening of O. dillenii showed the presence of alk...
Md Nasim Reza, Md Razob Ali, Samsuzzaman Samsuzzaman, Md Shaha Nur Kabir et al.
Pig farming, a vital industry, necessitates proactive measures for early disease detection and crush symptom monitoring to ensure optimum pig health and safety. This review explores advanced thermal sensing technologies and computer vision-based thermal imaging techniques employed for pig disease an...
Fatma Nurhayat Saydam, Hakan Erdem, Handan Ankaralı, Manar Ezzelarab Ramadan et al.
BACKGROUND In this cross-sectional, international study, we aimed to analyze vector-borne and zoonotic infections (VBZI), which are significant global threats. METHOD VBZIs' data between May 20-28, 2018 was collected. The 24 Participatingcountries were classified as lower-middle, upper-middle, and h...
Md. Moshfekus Saleh‐E‐In, Ayan Roy, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Mansur, Choudhury Mahmood Hasan et al.
Anethum sowa L. has been used as a spice herb in the Asian and European culinary systems to add flavour and taste. The studied plant has diverse folkloric medicinal value. Present study was designed to isolate phytochemicals from the hexane, chloroform and ethyl acetate extracts of the roots by vari...
Razia Sultana, Selina Ahmed, Nasima Sultana, SM Fazlul Karim et al.
Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is still one of the important causes of maternal and fetal mortality in Bangladesh. Many researches have been done to identify a unique screening test that would predict the risk of developing PE before the classic symptoms appear. One of the most accessible and easiest...
Imran Matin, Abdullahel Hadi, Syed Masud Ahmed, Nasima Akter et al.
Ahmed Nasim, Md. Ziaur Rahman Khan
The design of a microcontroller based pure sine wave single phase inverter is presented here. The system has an output of 220V and 50 Hz. The sinusoidal pulse width modulation technique has been used for the design. The circuit is simulated in Proteus to ensure the output results are verified practi...