Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) is widely used since 1947 as antioxidant food additives used to prevent oils, fats and shortenings from oxidative deterioration and rancidity. It has been extensively studied for potential activities and its toxicities. This review summarized experimental studies that had been carried out on animals and humans as well. We also briefly reviewed about its absorp…
Diagnosis of diphtheria caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriaeshould be done immediately since delay of therapy may cause 20-fold increase rate of death. One method of rapid diagnostic to identify diphtheria is by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The fundamental issue of this method depends on the DNA, either its quality or quantity. The simple DNA extraction method, which is using mechani…
Abstract Antibiotic resistance has become a global public-health problem, thus it is imperative that new antibiotics have to be developed continously. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are component of the innate immune response, which is the principal defence system for the majority of living organisms. Similar to antibiotics, most AMPs have a broad antimicrobial spectrum and highly active agains…
Background: Influenza A has a potential to become a pandemic, in the early stages is difficult to differentiate influenza to influenza-like illnesses. Therefore, the dominant clinical symptoms are the important keys to predict influenza A infection in patients with influenza-like illnesses (ILI). The aim of this study is to identify additional dominant symptoms associated to influenza A in Indo…