Antimicrobial

oils on the outside of our skin. Our skin provides a barrier which helps foreign substances from piercing into the body and causing diseases. The second line of defense is our cells that produce the action of phagocytosis which are phagocytes, antimicrobial substances, natural killer cells, inflammation and fever. Innate immunity doesn’t involve specific detection of a microbe. They treat every microbe the same…

The Nisin Bacteriocin Introduction Nisin is a bacteriosin peptide made up of 34 amino acid residues that contain uncommon amino acids such as lanthionine and didehydroalanine. It is a substance produced by both gram positive and gram negative bacteria to control the growth of other bacteria species to reduce competition for substrate and space. Nisin has received attention from researchers making it the most exploited bacteriosin (Shetty, Pometto and Levin, 2006). The attention from…

If you think, as some do today, that many drugs used as medicines are potentially deadly, consider what people living in medieval times were prescribed as curative agents—from ground up corpses to toxic mercury to crocodile dung. The annals of medieval medical history are full of substances that make us cringe. Yet people believed in these cure-alls and willing took them when prescribed by a doctor of the Middle Ages. While we may laugh or shudder at these strange potions and treatments, we…

Antibiotic resistance is a global health risk. Resilience to antibiotics occurs through the process of bacteria shifting and becoming resistant to the drugs that are used to treat the infections they root. In Tackling antibiotic resistance, Berendonk and colleagues state that “the magnitude of ARB and ARGs increasing the expansion of resistance among bacteria is not fully understood, nor is the idea that ARGs that are obtained by clinically suitable bacteria and environmental bacteria derive…

oxygen cannot infiltrate. Therefore, the saturated fats are not harmful to cells. Thirdly, Coconut oil has lauric acid, one of a components of breast milk, which helps strengthening immune system. Monolaurin is a compound from lauric acid with antimicrobial properties. Lastly, coconut oil contains Vitamin E, which is an antioxidant in the…

More is Not Better The New York Times reported on September 2, 2016 that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declared a ban on the sale of soaps containing 19 chemicals designed to make the soaps antibacterial (Travernise, 2016, para. 1). This ban will affect approximately 40 percent of liquid and bar soaps currently on the market (Tavernise, 2016, para. 2). In 2013, the FDA had allowed the industry two years to prove the safety and efficacy of the added ingredients before making a…

blowing blend, you will require 3 drops each of lavender, rosemary, and tea tree oil; 2 drops each of thyme and cedarwood oil; 4 drops of grapeseed oil and ½ Tsp of jojoba oil. These oils have cancer prevention agent, antifungal, mitigating, antimicrobial, and other such properties (38, 39, 40). Blend them all and back rub with the readied mix each day for 5 to 10 minutes. Wash with a cleanser the following morning. 13. Chamomile Tea and Tea Tree Oil Chamomile has heaps of employments…

Introduction Wound care involves a lot of physiological and immunologic processes to achieve optimal wound healing, as well as several physical and social factors that may also help to successfully achieve wound closure. In this case study, Carlton, a six-year-old, got a deep cut on his foot after he stepped on the sharp edge of a shell while running along the shoreline. The foot of the six-year-old boy looked even worse a day after her mother had washed it. The gash had turned red and very…

The role of a pharmaceutical has evolved into a more conspicuous on international agendas as healthily signify have been to a greater linked with a country’s successful growth. In the process of conjoining the legal and economic controversy that surrounds pharmaceutical have evolved into more complex and politicized because of the increase in worldwide trade. Pharmaceuticals draw in many parties, including patients, physicians, other health workers, manufacturers and drug sellers. The…

silver. 12. Transfer 2.5 mL of the 500 µg/L solution from jar #4 to jar #5.Taking the solution from jar #4 (instead of jar #1) and put it into jar #5 (instead of jar #2). Jar #5 now holds the 50 µg/L concentration of colloidal silver. Testing the Antimicrobial Activity of the Silver Nanoparticles 1. Punch 15 circles from a filter paper with the hole punch. 2. Using clean tweezers, place three filter paper circles) into each baby food jar (#1 through #5). Let them soak until you need them in step…