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Elaeocarpus tectorius and its Therapeutic Potential against Selected Urinary Tract Infection Pathogens
Published in Parimelazhagan Thangaraj, Phytomedicine, 2020
M. Ashwini Lydia, Suman Thamburaj, Gayathri Jagadeesan, Gayathri Nataraj, Kasipandi Muniyandi, Saikumar Sathyanarayanan, Parimelazhagan Thangaraj
More than 95% of UTIs are caused by E. coli, which is the most commonly infecting bacterial pathogen, and others only 5%. About 35% of healthy women suffer the symptoms of a urinary tract infection, and about 5% of women every year suffer with the problem of painful urination (dysuria) (Kumar et al. 2012). UTIs caused by a yeast fungal species are the second most common cause of nosocomial UTIs in children and women. It can spread systemically and can be life threatening. The occurrence of UTIs due to the Candida species increased gradually with a prevalence rate 27.2% (Sefton 2000). Plants and their products have been used for several years to control different UTIs. They can affect the UTI pathogens as disinfectants, analgesics, and diuretics (Ubaid et al. 2016). The active components of the plant extracts may display their microbicide potential either by degradation of the cell wall, disruption of the cytoplasmic membrane, affect the synthesis of DNA and RNA, hold up the enzymatic activities inside the cell, and affect nutrient uptake and electron transport (Shan et al. 2007).
Urinary system
Published in A Stewart Whitley, Jan Dodgeon, Angela Meadows, Jane Cullingworth, Ken Holmes, Marcus Jackson, Graham Hoadley, Randeep Kumar Kulshrestha, Clark’s Procedures in Diagnostic Imaging: A System-Based Approach, 2020
A Stewart Whitley, Jan Dodgeon, Angela Meadows, Jane Cullingworth, Ken Holmes, Marcus Jackson, Graham Hoadley, Randeep Kumar Kulshrestha
These include dysuria, frequency of micturition, nocturia and weak stream (urine flow). The commonest cause is benign enlargement of the prostate gland, which can be detected and assessed by clinical examination including digital rectal examination of the prostate. Imaging is often not required but ultrasound may be used to exclude secondary hydronephrosis, and to assess the residual volume of urine in the bladder after micturition.
Silver nanoparticles, green synthesis: characterization, in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial study
Published in Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 2019
Muhammad Jamil Ahmed, Ghulam Murtaza, Ansar Mehmood, Tariq M. Bhatti
Skimmia laureola Franch. is a medicinal evergreen shrub (family Rutaceae) and it is native of the Sino-Himalayan region from central Nepal to western Szechwan, Kashmir and Northern Pakistan.[18] Various biological activities are attributed to this shrub, which include indigenous uses for dysuria, red urination and it also contains important secondary metabolites like bioactive triterpenoids and alkaloids.[19]