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Pervaiz Iqbal

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• Research Article
  Therapeutic and Antioxidant Potential in the Shell Extract of Prunus amygdalus against Dermal Mycosis
  Author(s): Nasreen Thebo, Wazir Sheikh, M. Iqbal Bhangar, Pervaiz Iqbal and M. Hassan Nizamani Nasreen Thebo, Wazir Sheikh, M. Iqbal Bhangar, Pervaiz Iqbal and M. Hassan Nizamani
  
  Mycosis is a common harmful problem for health throughout the world. Ringworm infection is one of the most dermatomycoses caused by species of pathogenic fungi such as Epidermatophyton, Trichophyton and Microsporum. The potential of biotechnology is to provide health protection through medicinal plants because it also facilitates the earlier detection of various ailments by new biotechnological techniques. Almond posses a variety of benefical properties affecting most notably cancer, high blood pressure, infectious disease and diabetes. In our study, we have used first time Almond hard shell extract for the evolution of antioxidant, antimicrobial potential and therapeutic efficacy against dermatomycosis pathogenic fungi. The extract was prepared by soxhlet method and TPC in the extract was determined by spectrophotometerically. The antioxidant activity of crude extract of almond shell.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0412.1000108

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