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Use of organic acids to reduce Salmonella Typhimurium excretion in swine

The use of antimicrobials as growth promoters and disease prevention is being constantly reduced in several animal production systems, including in the swine industry. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of using acidifiers to control Salmonella Typhimurium in 65-day-old pigs by det...

Chemical characterization, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of sugar-apple (Annona squamosa L. ) pulp extract

Rev. chil. nutr; 47 (2), 2020
Synthetic preservatives are widely present in processed foods, but most of them have carcinogenic potential, requiring the development of new natural alternatives such as fruit extracts, for microbial control. The objective of the study was to evaluate the chemical characterization, antioxidant, and anti...

Β-Glucan of candida albicans cell wall extract inhibits salmonella typhimurium colonization by potentiating cellular immunity (cd8 + and cd4 + t cells)

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Antimicrobial resistance has been reported in the drugs used for the treatment of typhoid fever. The immunomodulatory substance β-glucan can be used as an alternative therapy as it potentiates host immunity. The aims of this study are to observe the effect of Candida albicans...

Increasing prevalence and dissemination of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella serotype Typhimurium with multidrug resistance in hospitalized patients from southern Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Introduction: Nontyphoidal Salmonella serotypes are the main cause of human food-borne infection, including several hospitalization cases in the developing countries. Aim: To detect the main serotypes and to characterize the antibiotic resistance of human non-enteric and enteric nontyphoidal S...

Mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of Salacia crassifolia (mart. Ex. Schult.) G. Don. evaluated by Ames test

Braz. j. biol; 78 (2), 2018
Abstract Salacia crassifolia (Mart. Ex. Schult.) G. Don. is a bush which belongs to Celastraceae family and occurs specially in Brazilian Cerrado. Its leaves, stem, seeds and fruits are popularly used for several medicinal purposes, such as antitumoral, antirheumatic, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial....

Lactoferrina bovina disminuye la invasión de Salmonella enterica en células HEp-2

Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto de la lactoferrina bovina (Lfb) en el proceso de invasión de Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium en células HEp-2. Materiales y métodos: Se infectaron células HEp-2 con 10(6) unidades formadoras de colonia (UFC) de la bacteria en ausencia y presencia de 1 y 10 mg/mL de Lf...

Genotoxicity of plant extracts

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 86 (supl.2), 1991
Aqueous extracts of seven species used in Brazilian popular medicine (Achyrocline satureoides, Iodina rhombifolia, Desmodium incanum, Baccharis anomala, Tibouchina asperior, Luehea divaricata, Maytenus ilicifolia) were screened to the presence of mutagenic activity in the Ames test (Salmonella/microsome)...