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Curcumin can be used to increase disease resistance in catfish, replacing antimicrobials

June 13, 2018 -

For the study, researchers used experimental channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) that were all two years of age. Before the study, they were acclimatized in laboratory conditions for 15 days, after which they were randomly assigned to one of three groups. These groups, which they referred to as treatment groups, each had 10 fish and was classified as the control (those that were not supplemented with curcumin) and the experimental groups (those that received either 0.5 or one ...

The crimson bottlebrush plant is one of the most powerful bacteria killers yet discovered

July 07, 2018 -

In the study, a team of researchers from the University of Fort Hare in South Africa looked into the essential constituents of the volatile oils obtained from the leaves, flowers, and stems of the plant. To extract the oils, the research team subjected a portion of 500 grams (g) of leaves, 250 g of flowers, and 150 g of stems of crimson bottlebrush to a hydro-distillation process for three hours.

After obtaining the oils, they conducted a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ...

The bark of this rainforest tree from Australia inhibits the growth of pathogenic bacteria

January 30, 2019 -

Oliver's sassafras, also known as camphorwood, black sassafras, or cinnamon wood, is a rainforest tree endemic to Australia. It's primarily used for its strong timber, but can also be utilized as a local substitute for cinnamon and as folk medicine. The traditional use of Oliver's sassafras can be traced back to the Australian Aborigines who made decoctions from its bark and leaves, which they used to treat diarrhea, dysentery, and other bacterial diseases. Previous reports ...

Is natural gas contaminating your water? Multiple studies have detected harmful bacteria in Texas groundwater near extraction sites

December 18, 2017 -

“Our latest published research has revealed that harmful bacteria can be quite prevalent in Texas groundwater, especially waters that contain various chemical contaminants,” says UTA's Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation (CLEAR) lab director Kevin Schug, who is also the Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry.

Two of the studies, which have been published in the Science of the Total Environment, centers on identifying ...

Have you tried any of these natural alternatives to antibiotics?

September 28, 2018 - aeromonas hydrophila, citrobacter sp., enterobacter aerogenes, escherichia coli, flavobacterium sp., klebsiella ozaenae, klebsiella pneumonia, proteus mirabilis, pseudomonas aeruginosa, salmonella typhi, salmonella para typhi B., serratia marcescens, and shigella dysenteriae.Tea tree oil

With over 100 bio-active compounds harbored in the oil, tea tree is able to break down unwanted bacteria from a multitude of angles. The most powerful component, terpinene-4, ...

Woman dies of flesh-eating bacteria after wading through flood waters in storm-ravaged Houston

September 30, 2017 - aeromonas hydrophila are among the bacteria that can lead to the disease and are also found often in flood water, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. (Related: Boost your defenses against flesh-eating bacteria.)

Meanwhile, vibrio vulnificus, which is yet another bacteria type, are found in brackish water.

Local emergency medical officials were expecting such cases.

“It’s tragic,” but “this is one of the things we’d been worrying ...

Researchers identify natural peptides that fight bacteria, reducing our need for antibiotics

August 04, 2018 -

In a study published in the journal PLOS One, researchers at the National Food Institute of the Technical University of Denmark have found that Cap 18, a naturally occurring peptide, can be used to fight bacteria in food-producing animals. Thus, it can reduce the need to treat sick animals with conventional antibiotics. Peptides like Cap 18 are composed of amino acids and are the building blocks of proteins.

Cap 18 is part of the primitive immune system of animals and ...

Nutrient-dense and delicious, the pumpkin is a prime example of a superfood

August 31, 2018 -

When you say “pumpkin,” you are most likely referring to Cucurbita pepo, but the term has been used to refer to other varieties and cultivars in the gourd family. C. pepo itself comes in various shapes and sizes, but “pumpkin” almost always pertains to the type that is spherical and yellow or orange in color.

Pumpkins were among the first foods to be brought back to Europe from the “New World,” where it was popular not just as a culinary ingredient, but also as a medicinal ...