Shahedur Rahman, Rezuanul Islam
Sirt1 (member of the sirtuin family) is a nicotinamide adenosine dinucleotide (NAD)-dependent deacetylase that removes acetyl groups from various proteins. Sirt1 performs a wide variety of functions in biological systems. The current review focuses on the biological functions of Sirt1 in obesity-ass...
Md. Ariful Islam, Zulkar Nain, Md. Khasrul Alam, Nilufa Akhter Banu et al.
Fusarium wilt is an economically important disease of cucumber caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum (Foc). It causes severe losses in the yield and quality of cucumber and is extremely difficult to control conventionally using chemical fungicides. Biological control offers an e...
Shahedur Rahman, Md. Anowar Khasru Parvez, Rezuanul Islam, Mahboob Hossain Khan
BACKGROUND: Spices traditionally have been used as coloring agents, flavoring agents, preservatives, food additives and medicine in Bangladesh. The present work aimed to find out the antimicrobial activity of natural spices on multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli isolates. METHODS: Anti-bacterial p...
Rezuanul Islam, Md Rezaul Islam Khan, Sharif M. Al‐Reza, Yong Tae Jeong et al.
Abstract BACKGROUND: Cinnamomum aromaticum is a widely used cooking ingredient in South Asian countries. In this study the essential oil of C. aromaticum was tested against the stored product beetle Callosobruchus maculatus . The objective was to identify the natural compounds with insecticidal prop...
Shah Alam Siddiqui, Rafiquel Islam, Rezuanul Islam, Atiya Jamal et al.
This study was undertaken to assess the antifungal potential of the essential oil and various extracts of Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. The hydrodistilled leaf essential oil of M. scandens was analysed by GC–MS. Twenty-four compounds representing 97.45% of the total leaves oil were identified, of whi...
Md. Shahedur Rahman, Polash Kumar Biswas, Syed Mahfuz Al Hasan, Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman et al.
In this research, heavy metal accumulation pattern was investigated using the data measured from the soil, paddy plants, and irrigation water samples in Jessore district in Bangladesh with the aid of principal component analysis. A total of 28 samples representing farmland soil and irrigation water ...
Md. Rezuanul Islam, Debasish Roy Raja
In recent years, rainfall-induced waterlogging has become a common hazard in the highly urbanized coastal city of Chattogram, Bangladesh, resulting in a high magnitude of property damage and economic loss. Therefore, the primary objective of this research was to prepare a waterlogging inventory map ...
Md. Shahedur Rahman, Mohammad Abu Hena Mostofa Jamal, Polash Kumar Biswas, Shaikh Mizanur Rahman et al.
Arsenic (As) pollution is one of the major threats to public health in Bangladesh, where daily intake of As per person exceeds the World Health Organization recommended level. Plants can assimilate significant quantities of As on a daily basis. Consumption of rice contaminated with As from soil and ...
Biplab Kumar Dash, Monokesh K. Sen, Khasrul Alam, Kamal Hossain et al.
BACKGROUND: The present work aimed to find out the antibacterial activity of Nymphaea nouchali flower on human and plant pathogenic bacteria. METHODS: Antibacterial potency of methanol, acetone, ethyl acetate and petroleum spirit extracts of Nymphaea nouchali flower has been tested against four huma...
Muhammad Rashed Al Mamun, M.B.H. Sikdar ., Dipak Paul, Mizanur Rahman et al.
Zulkar Nain, Fariha Jasin Mansur, Shifath Bin Syed, Md. Ariful Islam et al.
Quorum sensing (QS) enables virulence factors in bacteria for biofilm formation and pathogenic invasion. Therefore, quorum quenching (QQ), disruption of QS circuit, becomes an alternative antimicrobial therapy. In this study, leaf extract of Gynura procumbens (GP) was used to inhibit biofilm and vir...
Md. Rezuanul Islam ., Dipak Paul, Ranajit Kumar Shaha
Dipa Islam, Monisha Banerjee Shanta, Samina Akhter, Chadni Lyzu et al.
Abstract Background Myocardial Infarction (MI), also known as heart attack, is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases. Although certain drugs or mechanical means are used, day by day natural products such as herbs and spices based MI treatment is getting much popularity over the drugs or mec...
Sonia Rahman, MAH Mostofa Jamal, Anzana Parvin, Md Mahfuz Al Mamun et al.
Context: Diabetes mellitus is becoming a major burden upon healthcare facilities in all affected countries. Current therapies used for diabetics have side effects, so the current shift to the use of herbal preparations may be more effective, relatively low cost, less side effect and low toxicity. Ob...
Shahedur Rahman, Rezuanul Islam, A.M. Swaraz, Anesa Ansari et al.
Abstract Genistein recognized as phytoestrogens is one of the most extensively studied isoflavones. It comprises of significant portion of Asian diet including Japanese and Chinese cuisine in the form of Soy food products. Evidence showed that geinstein increases osteoblasts formation as well as dec...