Majdi Dwikat

Background Adequate knowledge of the clinical conditions associated with stroke, including risk factors and warning signs, is critical for improving healthcare outcomes. This study assesses undergraduate health students’ knowledge and attitudes toward stroke, including risk factors and warning signs. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was...

Several studies have demonstrated that Teucrium orientale (T. orientale) species have therapeutic advantages, such as antioxidant, bacteriostatic, spasmolytic, and anti-inflammatory activity. This study aimed to assess the possible antidiabetic and anticancer activities of T. orientale leaf hydrophilic extracts collected from two distinct geographi...

Genetic testing is important in the diagnosis of genetic disorders. Genetic counseling integrates the interpretation of the results of genetic testing to reach informed decisions concerning genetic disorders. Palestine has an increased incidence of genetic disorders primarily due to the continued practice of consanguineous marriage. Nevertheless, l...

Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower) is widely used in traditional Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabian, and Persian herbal medicine to treat metabolic diseases. This study aimed to characterize C. tinctorius seed oil components and estimate its inhibitory effects on free radicals, porcine pancreatic lipase, α-amylase, and cytotoxic. To describe the p...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) involves a category of disorders characterized by behavioral, linguistic, and mobility abnormalities resulting from neurodegeneration in the frontal and temporal lobes. FTD represents the second most common etiology of early-onset dementia, and is distinguished by a wide range of clinical features. Indeed, three clinic...

Introduction Tinnitus is a common medical condition that affects an individual’s quality of life. It affects 5%–43% of the global population. Only a few research studies have been conducted in Palestine, so knowledge of tinnitus prevalence and risk factors is limited. The purpose of this study was to determine tinnitus prevalence and risk factors a...

Artemisia dracunculus: L. (A. dracunculus) is a popular vegetable and spice cultivated across many Middle Eastern countries. The herb’s aqueous extract has significant folkloric medicinal importance for treating various disorders. Hence, the present investigation aimed to investigate A. dracunculus hydrophilic extract phytochemical constituents and...

Background/Aim Consanguinity represents a biological relationship between two individuals. In clinical genetics, it specifically refers to the marriage between individuals who are second cousins or closer. The aim of the study is to assess perceptions and their predictors among the Palestinian population towards consanguinity. Methods A survey-bas...

Background: Arum palaestinum Boiss (AP) is a wild plant in Palestine whose leaves have a long history as food and medicine in Middle Eastern countries. The current study aimed to evaluate the biological characteristics of AP flower extract, including its antimicrobial and coagulation cascade activities and its effects on anticancer molecular pathwa...

Background: Wild plants are amply utilized in traditional medicine and folkloric food worldwide. Arum palaestinum Boiss. (AP) is one of the wild Palestinian plants which leaves have a long history in the Middle Eastern countries as food and medicine. Herby, the current study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial, coagulation cascade activities, and a...

Introduction Obesity is associated with chronic activation of low-grade inflammation produced mainly from adipose tissue, which is implicated in the pathogenesis of several diseases. Consequently, there is a need to screen for new anti-obesity medicines. Clinical evidence regarding the anti-obesity properties of Curcuma longa L. (C. longa) is incon...

Background. Humankind used herbal products as a source of medicines since they understood their therapeutic benefits from ancient times. Therefore, the current research aimed to determine the anticancer, antioxidant, and metabolic enzyme inhibitory activities of Rubus sanctus (RS) root four solvent fractions for the first time. Methods. The antioxi...

Bacterial deactivation by cell-wall rupturing is widely described. Complete mineralization of both aqueous gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus and gram-negative Klebsiella pneumoniae, leaving no organic species, is described here for the first time. Solar-simulated radiation (with � 5% UV), with ZnO nanoparticle photocatalyst, is used. In addition...

Nature has been recognized as a rich source of medicinal compounds for many years. The herb Salvia (Lamiaceae) is distributed all over West Bank different locations. In spite of the presence of several species of Salvia, only S. fruticosa has long been used locally by the native people to relief intestinal pains and diarrhea. Previous literature di...

For the first time, pristine ZnO nano-particles can be used as effective catalyst for water disinfection by killing and complete mineralization of two gram negative bacteria with direct solar light. Just like in earlier studies, pristine nano-size ZnO particles have shown anti-bacterial activity against two types of gram negative bacteria, E. coli...

The recognition of what nature can offer was based on the historical use of medicinal plants for various diseases. This has led to a global interest in the study of medicinal plants and their traditional uses are increasing the scientific validation of the therapeutic potential of medicinal plants. The herb Salvia is wildly distributed throughout d...

Carica papaya is widely used in folk medicine as herbal remedy to prevent, protect against, and cure several diseases. These curative properties are based on the presence in different parts of the plant of phytochemical nutrients with antioxidant effect. Seeds are the less exploited part; thus this study is aimed at assessing the antioxidant activi...

Several procedures are commonly used for water disinfection from bacteria. Unfortunately each procedure has its shortcomings. The most serious shortcoming is the production of toxic by-product compounds from the killed bacteria. Photo-catalytic oxidation has been studied since 1970 as a method to removed hazardous substances from water. ZnO nano-pa...

This study deals with the morphofunctional influence of 72 h exposure to a 6 mT static magnetic field (SMF) during differentiation induced by 50 ng/ml 12-O-tetradecanoyl-13-phorbol acetate (TPA) in human leukaemia U937 cells. The cell morphology of U937 cells was investigated by optic and electron microscopy. Specific antibodies and/or molecules we...

We present here a morphological, cytochemical and biochemical study of the macrophagic differentiation of human pro-monocytic U937 cells exposed to moderate intensity (6 mT) static magnetic fields (MF). It was found that the following substances induced differentiation in U937 cells to a progressively lower degree: 50 ng/mL 12-0-tetradecanoyl-13-ph...

Reduced glutamine (GLN) concentration in the culture medium of a U937 cell line caused them to be differentiated along the monocytic pathway; cells attached to the matrix and to each other by extending pseudopodia and acquired specific functional characteristics, such as the expression of alpha-naphthyl-acetate esterase and the capacity to reduce n...

The present work was a comparative study of the bio-effects induced by exposure to 6 mT static magnetic field (MF) on several primary cultures and cell lines. Particular attention was dedicated to apoptosis. Cell viability, proliferation, intracellular Ca(2+) concentration and morphology were also examined. Primary cultures of human lymphocytes, mi...

Morphological modifications, i.e., cell shape, cell surface sugar residues, cytoskeleton, and apoptosis of Hep G2 cells during 24 h exposure to 6 mT static magnetic field (static MF) were studied by means of light and electron microscopy and cytochemistry. Progressive modifications of cell shape and surface were observed during the entire period of...

The biological effects of static magnetic fields (MFs) with intensity of 6 mT were investigated in lymphocytes and U937 cells in the presence or absence of apoptosis-inducing drugs by transmission (TEM) and scanning (SEM) electron microscopy. Lectin cytochemistry of ConA-FITC conjugates was used to analyze plasma membrane structural modifications....