Govindakarnavar Arunkumar, Chandni Radhakrishnan, Devendra T. Mourya, Sujeet Kumar Singh et al.
BACKGROUND: Nipah Virus (NiV) is a highly fatal emerging zoonotic virus and a potential threat to global health security. Here we describe the characteristics of the NiV outbreak that occurred in Kerala, India, during May-June 2018. METHODS: We used real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain r...
Md Ashraful Alam, Riaz Uddin, Nusrat Subhan, Mahbubur Rahman et al.
Diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome are becoming epidemic both in developed and developing countries in recent years. Complementary and alternative medicines have been used since ancient era for the treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Bitter melon is widely used as vegetables in...
Md Ashraful Alam, Mohammed Riaz Hasan Chowdhury, Preeti Jain, Md. Abu Taher Sagor et al.
BACKGROUND: Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance often develop cardiovascular and nephrological dysfunction in diabetic patients. Sitagliptin is used to treat diabetes and showed potential benefit in lowering increased blood glucose level in diabetes. This investigation reports the effect of sitagli...
Preeti Jain, Asim Kumar Bepari, Prosengit Kumer Sen, Tanzir Rafe et al.
Abstract Multi-drug-resistance (MDR) is a severe public health concern worldwide, and its containment is more challenging in developing countries due to poor antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance and irrational use of antibiotics. The current study investigated 100 clinical E. coli isolates an...
Preeti Jain
The antibacterial and antioxidant activities of different parts of local seeded banana fruit were investigated in vitro. Dried peels, pulps and seeds of the fruit were extracted with hexane, ethyl acetate and ethanol. Antibacterial property of the extracts was evaluated against four Gram positi...
Anika Tabassum Bristy, Tairin Islam, Rezwana Ahmed, Jumana Hossain et al.
Functional foods such as mushrooms are rich in polyphenolic compounds and secondary metabolites with health-promoting properties such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, antidiabetic and immunostimulatory effects. The present study is aimed to investigate the ethanolic extracts of three varieties of mush...
Samanta Sifat Lamia, Tushar Emran, Jubaida Khatun Rikta, Nowreen Islam Chowdhury et al.
Oxidative stress is one of the key factors in the pathophysiology of liver disease. The present study aimed to evaluate the potential impact of two antioxidants, namely coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) and silymarin, on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced oxidative stress and hepatic damage in ovariectomized ra...
Fatima Tuj Johra, Sukria Hossain, Preeti Jain, Anika Tabassum Bristy et al.
Abstract Liver disease is a serious health problem affecting people worldwide at an alarming rate. The present study aimed to investigate the protective effects of Ganoderma lucidum against CCl 4 -induced liver toxicity in rats. The experimental Long Evans rats were divided into five groups, of whic...
Md. Mamun Al-Amin, Md. Faiyad Rahman Choudhury, Al Saad Chowdhury, Tahsinur Rahman Chowdhury et al.
Risperidone (RIS), an atypical antipsychotic has been found to show anti-inflammatory effect against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation. In-vitro study has revealed that RIS inhibits the LPS-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. We investigated the antioxidant effects of RIS on...
Hasan Mahmud Reza, Nabila Tabassum, Md. Abu Taher Sagor, Mohammed Riaz Hasan Chowdhury et al.
Hepatic fibrosis is a common feature of chronic liver injury, and the involvement of angiotensin II in such process has been studied earlier. We hypothesized that anti-angiotensin II agents may be effective in preventing hepatic fibrosis. In this study, Long Evans female rats were used and divided i...
Preeti Jain, Arifa Haque, Tairin Islam, Md Ashraful Alam et al.
The solvent extracts of Ziziphus mauritiana leaves were evaluated for phenolic and flavonoid content and antioxidant and antibacterial activities. Ethanol extract had the highest antioxidant capacity in all the tested assay models except for superoxide scavenging assay; ethyl acetate extract had the...
Md. Mamun Al-Amin, Md. Irfan Amin Chowdury, Amna Saifullah, Mohammed Nazmul Alam et al.
Background: Aluminum, a neurotoxic substance, causes oxidative stress inducedneurodegenerative diseases. Several lines of evidence suggest that levocarnitine has an antioxidant effect and also plays an important role in beta-oxidation of fatty acids. However, the role of levocarnitine in aluminum-in...
Muntasir Rahman, Fariha Chowdhury, Kamal Uddin, Khondoker Shahin Ahmed et al.
We describe the synthesis of a nanostructured dermal patch composed of chitosan-tannic acid (CT) that can carry near-infrared (NIR) active Indocyanine green (ICG) dye for performing photothermal heat conversion activity. The NIR-responsive CT-I dermal patch can deliver topical antibiotic drugs (Neom...
Preeti Jain
Zarin Tasnim Gias, Fatima Afsana, Polak Debnath, M. Shadidul Alam et al.
BACKGROUND: Panch phoron is a mixture of five spices containing an equal proportion of Foeniculum vulgare (fennel), Trigonella foenum-graecum Linn (fenugreek), Nigella sativa (black cumin), Cuminum cyminum (cumin) and Brassica nigra (black mustard). The mixture is commonly used in Bangladeshi cuisin...
Hasan Mahmud Reza, M Shohel, Sadia B Aziz, Farzana I Pinaz et al.
In this study, the ethanol extract of Cissampelos pareira has been evaluated. The extract was tested for analgesic properties using both hot plate and acetic acid-induced writhing methods. Antiinflammatory effect was investigated using two different doses of 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight on Evans ra...
Preeti Jain, Hasan Mahmud Reza, Subrata Pal
BACKGROUND: A geothermal ecosystem located at Tantloi, India has been found to be an interesting habitat for microbes of diverse nature. However, the microbial diversity of this habitat is poorly explored. In this study, a detailed phylogenetic study has been carried out to understand the bacterial ...
Anayt Ulla, Md Ashraful Alam, Mosfiqur Rahman, Mohammad Zubair Khan et al.
The present investigation was conducted to evaluate the effect of Citrus maxima fruit peel supplementation in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced in male Long Evans rats by intraperitoneal injection of alloxan monohydrate (90 mg/kg body weight). Blood glucose level, oral glucose tole...
Leonard P. K. Ang, Preeti Jain, Toan Thang Phan, Hasan Mahmud Reza
PURPOSE: To determine the effectiveness of human umbilical cord-derived mucin-expressing cord lining epithelial cells (CLEC-muc) as feeder cells in a coculture system for the cultivation of human limbal stem cells. METHODS: Human CLEC-muc were cultured in PTTe-1 medium and treated with mitomycin C t...
Razwa Saleh, Zahidul Islam Zahid, Mohammad Atikur Rahman, Preeti Jain et al.