Rafidain journal of science

The crude ethanolic extract and crude alkaloids of Peganum harmala seeds were
prepared, the scolicidal effect of these extracts on the protoscolices of Echinococcus
granulosus in vitro were determined at 4°C and 37°C at different time intervals.
Both extracts exerted higher effect at 37°C, and the crude alkaloid extract was more
effective than the ethanolic extract as it gave a scolicidal effect at a concentration of 31
mg/ml and it i also exerted a complete scolicidal effect at (48-72) hrs. which was similar
to the effect of mebendazole.

The aqueous Allium sativum crude extract was tested in vitro by using the two
standard techniques, Zone–of-Inhibition (Kurbey and Bauer) and Turbidometric assays
against some of the common Brucella melitensis clinical isolates in Mosul . It was found
that the concentrated aqueous crude extract (1000 mg/ml D.W) of A. sativum had the
most powerful inhibition activity against the dose 1 × 107 viable bacteria /ml compared
with the rest concentrations of A.sativum used. These inhibitory activities of A.sativum
crude extracts were compared with the standard antibiotic zones commonly used for the
brucella bacteria therapy. It was found that these following concentrations 0.002, 0.03,
0.008, 0.07 and 0.7-6 mg/ml were the standards for the antibiotics Tetracycline,
Ampicillin, Erythromycin, Streptomycin and Rifampicin respectively. The in vivo work
is under estimation in our laboratory. However, such encouraging results suggest the
alternative herbal therapy against Brucella species in future.

Using of Aminothiophenol which contain active Mercaptan group in modified Latex
Agglutination Test (MAT) instead of 2-Mercaptoe-thanol for diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis
in (150) pregnant women whom their age between (20<-45>) years, and their antibodies
titer in LAT between (8-64).
The results shows that the (0.5) M of Aminothiophenol has the same efficiency with (0.2)
M of 2-Mercaptoethanol compound in destroying immnoglobulin M (IgM), but the
concentration (0.4) M of Aminothiophenol has low efficiency especially at titer of (64).

Primary lymphoma of the colon is rare in clinical practice and sometimes difficult
to diagnose. The author here described a case of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the large
bowel, who presented with a palpable abdominal mass without clinical evidence of
obstruction; ultrasound diagnosed a solid mass in the right iliac fossa. Laparotomy
revealed a big mass extending from the caecum to the whole ascending colon and
partially fixed to the posterior abdominal wall. Right hemicolectomy performed with
iliotransverse anastamosis. The diagnosis of low grade B-cell lymphoma was established
by histopathological examination.