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Are Antibiotics Killing Us? Although antibiotics have made modern medicine a possibility, antibiotic-resistant bacteria will cause an apocalypse because of over prescribing to patients and distribution of too many antibiotics to livestock. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2016) defines antibiotic-resistant bacteria by saying that, “Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria change in a way that reduces the effectiveness of drugs, chemicals, or other agents designed to cure or…

presence of 'lauric acid' in it. Lauric acid is a medium chain fatty acid, which in the body gets converted to 'monolaurin', a highly beneficial compound. Monolaurin shows anti-bacterial effects against a wide range of harmful bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, which causes infections of the skin and the gut. Monolaurin inhibits the dangerous action of bacteria and viruses and kicks them out of the body. (7) Heart Health: Coconut milk supports heart health by lowering the bad cholesterol…

activities of Schiff base and new compound have been test in-vitro against gram three gram negative bacteria (Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Acinetobacterbaumannii RSKK 02026), three gram positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 07005, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633) Ӧzdemir Ӧ. et al, (2015 ). They have reported that all compound show mild to moderate activity against gram negative bacteria but more active in gram positive…

The prison system in the United States faces many problems. The problems vary from financial problems, the safety of the guards and inmates, prisoners’ mental health, gang activity, and overcrowding. Overcrowding is arguably one of the main problems that prisons face, with mental health and financial problems being other problems that are often addressed, and even tie in with overcrowding. Overcrowding happens when there is an excess amount of prisoners that aren’t able to be suitably fit into…

Infection Prevention Megan Scott Rasmussen College Author Note This research is being submitted on February 26th, 2017 for Julie Deane’s NUR2155 Fundamentals of Professional Nursing course. Every year National Patient Safety Goals are set by the Joint Commission to acknowledge specific concerns in each health care setting. The purpose of these goals are to improve patient safety by identifying the problems and how to solve them (Joint Commission, 2016). Although prevalent, infections…

Starting with the introduction of penicillin in the 1940s, antibiotics have become ubiquitous, leading to an undesirable consequence: resistance. It has been observed that when an antibiotic is introduced to human population, the antibiotics will quickly lose their function. Subsequently, now, in the 2000s, antibiotics are considered a major public health threat. Quite often, non-therapeutic use of antibiotics, especially the use of inadequate amounts of antibiotics in agriculture allows…

Restrictions on Antibiotics The CDC estimates that more than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year with the flu or with flu-related complications. Most people will believe that antibiotics are the resolution to all of their illnesses when in actuality, they are wrong. Antibiotics are not the resolve to every illness, in most cases antibiotics can work negatively. Antibiotic overuse is a serious matter that must be addressed by more people. The use of antibiotics should be restricted to…

3.3.3: Phytochemical analysis The leaves and bark extracts were tested for some secondary metabolites like-saponins, tannins, alkaloids, anthraquinones, phlobatannins, flavonoids, terpenoids, reducing sugar and poly phenols. Test for reducing sugar: Mixture of 1ml or 1gm of plant sample is taken in a test tube and 10ml deionized water is added in it after this a few drops Fehling solution (1ml Fehling solution A and B) is also mixed and heated at 1000C in a water bath. The Brick red…

First the unknown tube was isolated. This was completed by taking an inoculating loop and spreading the unknown out on to a Nutrient Agar plate. This was done using the streak plate method, which is described in the lab manual. The bacterium were incubated and grown at 48 hours. Upon observation the isolation plate showed growth of two different colonies. After the morphology was observed and recorded, a Gram stain was performed on each of the two unknowns, this procedure is found in the…

In the field of Microbiology, it is essential that the microorganisms being examined are seen clearly and distinctly under the microscope. Most specimen thrive in aqueous environments, therefore they are translucent and when mounted on a microscope the light passes through them making it impossible to see the specimen. Equally as important as this is that the viewer is aware of what type pf bacteria is being utilized. Both of these criteria in a lab are met with the use of a staining procedure…