The incidence of invasive fungal infections is increasing worldwide, resulting in more than
1.6 million deaths every year. Due to growing antifungal drug resistance and the limited …

Fungi have been used since ancient times in food and beverage-making processes and,
more recently, have been harnessed for the production of antibiotics and in processes of …

Medicinal plants are still being used as therapeutic agents in many developing nations
because they are more widely available. This research aimed to compare method/result …

Crop losses due to pathogens are a major threat to global food security. Plants employ a
multilayer defense against a pathogen including the use of physical barriers (cell wall) …

The antimicrobial peptide PaDef was isolated from Mexican avocado fruit and was reported
to inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in 2013. In this study, an …

A two-step method based on an aqueous two-phase system and Sephadex G-75 was used
to separate and purify lectin from the seeds of the Zihua snap bean. The preliminary …

Background Plant defensins have a hallmark γ-core motif (GXCX3-9C) that is related to their
antimicrobial properties. The aim of this work was to design synthetic peptides based on the …

BACKGROUND The scarcity of irrigation water is severely affecting global crop production.
In this context, biostimulants are increasingly used as alternatives means against abiotic …

Available treatments for invasive fungal infections have limitations, including toxicity and the
emergence of resistant strains. Therefore, there is an urgent need for alternative solutions …

Metastatic breast cancer is a very serious life threatening condition that poses many
challenges for the pharmaceutical development of effective chemotherapeutics. As the …