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It is inevitable to replace the tissues and organs that were disrupted due to trauma or various diseases. One of the methods that can help to speed up the regeneration of wounds is to improve the technology of wound dressings. In the current research, by using the properties of polyurethane nanofibers and improving their properties with additives including graphene oxide, selenium nanoparticles, and henna plant extract, it was aimed to improve the performance of wound dressings. After finding the optimal concentration for the electrospinning machine, DMSO solution containing 12 wt.% polyurethane was used to produce wound dressing nanofibers. The images from scanning electron microscope (SEM) confirmed the production of uniform scaffolds composed of polyurethane nanofibers. Antibacterial properties and mechanical properties of the fabric were studied to check the performance of the manufactured fabric as a wound dressing. For the PU-GO-Se-Henna composite sample, the antibacterial activity against two bacteria, S.aureus and E.coli, was 3.26 and 2.85, respectively, which indicates the very attractive antibacterial properties. This sample reached a tensile strength of 92 MPa in the tensile test, which showed a 104% increase in strength compared to the pure polyurethane sample.
 

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In this study, the effect of various concentrations of date syrup as a sugar substitute in ratios of 0, 50 and 100% on quality characteristics of dairy dessert was evaluated. Properties of dairy dessert such as pH, acidity, rheological properties, sensory properties and viability of probiotics in 5 ˚c were determined. Results showed that by increasing date syrup concentration and amount of probiotic bacteria, pH decreased and as the storage progressed significant trend in the pH was observed for all treatments. Studied treatments had statistically effect on viscosity. Addition of date syrup decreased apparent viscosity, consistency coefficient and increased flow behavior index. The most and lowest viscosity was observed in control (1364.1 mPa.s) and 100% date syrup treatments (599 mPa.s), respectively. Sensory properties were affected by date syrup concentrations. Treatment with 50% date syrup had higher scores than others. The number of viable cells of probiotic bacteria was reduced significantly during storage period. The lowest and highest of viability of probiotic bacterial was observed in 100 and 50 % date syrup treatments, respectively. The results suggest that using of date syrup at concentrations of 50% improve sensory and physical properties and can increase viability of probiotic bacteria of dairy dessert samples.

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The use of antibiotic drugs is associated with problems, such as unwanted side effects and drug resistance, and the lack of new and natural antimicrobial drugs that have fewer side effects than antibiotics. The aim of this study, investigating the effects of hydroalcoholic extract of sour lemon peel on a few of standard strains of G⁺ and G^- bacteria. Concentrations of 25,50,100 and 200 mg/ml of extracts by percolation method were prepared to determine antibacterial effects and using a well publication method against ten different species of G+ and G- bacteria, then the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of bacterial growth (MIC) and Minimum Bacterial Concentration (MBC) were evaluated by dilution in tube. Alcoholic extract of sour lemon peel in a dose-dependent manner significantly increased the diameter of zone to inhibit the growth of  the bacteria, especially G+ bacteria, as compared to G- (p <0.05). In the concentration of 200 mg/ml, the maximum and minimum diameter of the inhibition zone was 20 mm for Streptococcus pyogenes and 12 mm for salmonella typhimurium, respectively. MIC and MBC methods had the strongest effect on Streptococcus pyogenes and had the least effect on Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Extract of sour lemon peel has a significant antimicrobial effect, which can be used as an alternative to synthetic antibiotics with increasing microbial resistance.
 

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In this study,  the antimicrobial effect of  Coriandrum sativum L. leaves against 30 different foodborne microorganisms, including 20  bacteria, 7 fungi and, 3 yeast species, and some microbiological properties of yoghurt produced with  lyophilised Coriandrum sativum L. at three different level (0.1%, 0.2% and 0.3%) and sotored at 4°C for 21 days were examined. Ethanol extract of the fresh plant extracts showed antimicrobial activity against only 9 bacteria and 1 yeast with different zone changing from 8 to 12 mm, but had no effect on fungi used in the study. On the other hand, the addition of Coriandrum sativum L. inhibited the yeast and mould growt in yoğurt samples throught the 21 days of storage. Generally, the ratio of Coriandrum sativum L. increased the number of Lactobacillus bulgaricus, but decreased the number of Streptococcus thermophilus. However it was not important statistically (p<0.05). The results indicated that Coriandrum sativum L. can be used as a good source of preventing the growt of yeast and mould which effects the storage life of yoghurt.