Formulation is an intricate practice, straddling science and engineering. In the fast-moving market of personal care—and its close cousin, home care—each ingredient carries its own suite of chemical ...

Brazilian propolis from Mato Grosso do Sul had high concentrations of kaurenoic acid, benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, and 3-phenyl-p-coumaric acid (Campos et al. 2015), whereas propolis from Paraná was ...

Honey produced by some species of Australian stingless bees possesses impressive bacteria- and fungi-killing properties, ...

Real-time 3D visualization reveals potent antibacterial and antibiofilm activity against superbacteria From screening to efficacy assessment via real-time 3D-holotomography imaging Peer-Reviewed ...

In another paper published in Chemical Papers, an antibacterial compound was successfully extracted from a bacterium identified as Actinomycetales bacterium spp., obtained from the Rajgir hot spring.

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have long been celebrated for their roles in food fermentation, yet their capacity to synthesise specialised antimicrobial peptides—known as bacteriocins—has ...

2-[2-Benzoylamino)benzoylamino]benzoic acid (1) was previously identified as a potent and nontoxic antiadenoviral compound (Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2010, 54, 3871). Here, the potency of 1 was ...

Our study presents innovative research dealing with the synthesis and biological evaluation of conjugates out of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and imidazolium cations that are derived from ionic ...

Several fungi from Aspergillus genus are also known for their ability to produce various bioactive metabolites for the pharmaceutical industry, such as terrecyclic acid A, metabolite with anticancer ...

Prostaglandins are lipid autacoids derived from arachidonic acid. They both sustain homeostatic functions and mediate pathogenic mechanisms, including the inflammatory response. They are generated ...