Egypt’s aquaculture production (921,585 tonnes in 2010) is by far the largest of any African country and places
it 11th in terms of global production. Despite the fact that the aquaculture sector in Egypt is now a mature one
having developed over a period of more than 30 years, the...
Egypt’s aquaculture production (921,585 tonnes in 2010) is by far the largest of any African country and places
it 11th in terms of global production. Despite the fact that the aquaculture sector in Egypt is now a mature one
having developed over a period of more than 30 years, the...
The manufacturing processes of royal demolition explosive (RDX), or hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, have resulted in
serious water contamination. As a potential carcinogen, RDX can cause a broad range of harmful effects to humans and
animals. The ovine rumen is capable of rapid degradation of nitroaromatic compounds, including RDX. While ruminal RDX-degrading
bacteria...
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Rumen Microbiome
Li, R. W., Giarrizzo, J. G., Wu, S., Li, W., Duringer, J. M., et al. (2014
The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, caused by the Gram-negative bacterium and obligate human pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae, remains a significant health and economic burden worldwide. In the absence of a protective vaccine, antimicrobial agents are the only pharmacological intervention for patients with gonorrhea. However, due to the remarkable ability of gonococcus...
This study tested natural products from cyanobacteria from the Red Sea in Egypt and marine tunicates from the Algoa Bay in South Africa. Products from marine organisms have been used as lead compounds for the synthesis of new drugs because of their biological activity mechanism. Specifically, these products may contain...
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-cancer agent (Medina,
et al., 2008). Aplidin inhibits ornithine decarboxylase, an enzyme critical in
Natural products (secondary metabolites) are small organic molecules derived
from plants, microbes, and marine organisms that have served as a diverse source of
useful compounds pharmaceuticals. New biologically active natural products are critical
as anti-infective and cancer drug leads. Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, produce
diverse cytotoxic metabolites that represent potential...
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al., 2003). Another example is the statin
drugs. Lipitor, a cholesterol-lowering statin drug, is
This project describes the investigation of marine cyanobacteria collected from the Red Sea with an emphasis on the identification and prioritization of biologically active fractions for future purification and molecular structure elucidation of medicinally relevant secondary metabolites.
Five crude extracts of taxonomically unidentified Red Sea cyanobacteria supplied by Egyptian collaborators...
Cyclic nitramines are a class of compounds that include most of the commonly used explosives today. These are among the most common toxicants released into the environment as a result of human activity, generated on military ranges, battlefields, and production sites. Of these, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5- triazine (RDX) is of particular interest,...