Der Pharma Chemica
Journal for Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computational Chemistry
ISSN: 0975-413X
Aparoop Das
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, IndiaPublications
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Research Article
Assessing the Effectiveness of Lemon Juice in Treating Infections and Alleviating Oxidative Stress
Author(s): Kalyani Pathak*, Riya Saikia, Jon Jyoti Sahariah, Md Ariful Islam, Pallab Pramanik, Aparoop Das, Mohammad Zaki Ahmad, Osman AE Elnoubi, Basel A. Abdel-Wahab, Shreyasi Karmakar* and Prasenjit Talukdar
Background: Numerousfoodsandenvironmentalsourcescontainbacteriathatareresistanttoatleast one antimicrobial agent used in medicine and agriculture. Resistance to antibiotics in gram positive bacteria like Staphylococcus aureusis of special concern. Lemon juice has been reported to act as an antioxidant in various biological systems. They were reported to be effective against a variety of bacterial strains. Aim and Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the antibacterial activity of lemon juice and to compare with that of the commercially available antibiotic penicillin in inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. Materials and Methods: The Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion technique was employed to evaluate the effect of lemon juice and commonly used antibiotic Penicillin on bacterial infections caused by Staphyloco.. Read More»