Pub Date : 2022-07-10DOI: 10.21608/ejz.2022.130389.1077
S. Ramadan, A. Mustafa
The aim of this study was to determine the taxonomic position of some species of water mites, and explore the difference between the numerical taxonomy and the traditional morphological taxonomy for water mites. Based on hierarchical clustering analysis and principal component analysis (PCA), the numerical taxonomy of 17 species of water mites was carried out. These analyses were applied for 309 morphological characters of the present species. The results of the clustering analysis based on squared Euclidean distance showed that the 17 species of the water mites were divided into 10 Families in the cladogram namely Hydrozetidae, Malaconothridae, Unionicolidae, Tenuipalpidae, Tuckerellidae, Tetranychidae, Cheyletidae, Laelaptidae, Ascidae, and Dermanyssidae. The separation of these species depended on the highly-significant characters, which have high factor loading more than 1.0. The percentages of non-significant variations in the morphological characters were 51.90%, 18.45%, and 10.02% for two groups of water mite taxa with total variation equals 80.37%. In conclusion, the numerical analysis can confirm the traditional morphological taxonomy by using different analyses such as the cladistic analysis and PCA.
{"title":"NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF SOME SPECIES OF AQUATIC MITES IN EGYPT","authors":"S. Ramadan, A. Mustafa","doi":"10.21608/ejz.2022.130389.1077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejz.2022.130389.1077","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to determine the taxonomic position of some species of water mites, and explore the difference between the numerical taxonomy and the traditional morphological taxonomy for water mites. Based on hierarchical clustering analysis and principal component analysis (PCA), the numerical taxonomy of 17 species of water mites was carried out. These analyses were applied for 309 morphological characters of the present species. The results of the clustering analysis based on squared Euclidean distance showed that the 17 species of the water mites were divided into 10 Families in the cladogram namely Hydrozetidae, Malaconothridae, Unionicolidae, Tenuipalpidae, Tuckerellidae, Tetranychidae, Cheyletidae, Laelaptidae, Ascidae, and Dermanyssidae. The separation of these species depended on the highly-significant characters, which have high factor loading more than 1.0. The percentages of non-significant variations in the morphological characters were 51.90%, 18.45%, and 10.02% for two groups of water mite taxa with total variation equals 80.37%. In conclusion, the numerical analysis can confirm the traditional morphological taxonomy by using different analyses such as the cladistic analysis and PCA.","PeriodicalId":11659,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Zoology","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77189734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-10DOI: 10.21608/ejz.2022.121913.1074
A. Marei
{"title":"THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF COSTUS (SAUSSUREA LAPPA) AGAINST HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN MALE ALBINO RATS","authors":"A. Marei","doi":"10.21608/ejz.2022.121913.1074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejz.2022.121913.1074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11659,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Zoology","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79520912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-05DOI: 10.21608/ejz.2022.120663.1072
W. Salama, S. El-Naggar, Hadeer Attia, Ezar H Hamed
All of the drawbacks associated with the chemotherapy of cancer are the impetus for the search for newer and more efficacious drugs. Therefore, the current study aimed to evaluate the cytotoxic and antitumor efficacy of scyphozoan Rhizostoma octopus (rhizostome jellyfish) venom extract (RVE) against different tumor cell lines (in vitro ) and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC)-bearing mice ( in vivo ), respectively. Four groups of female CD-1 mice (n=10) were allotted as follows: the b.wt change, tumor indices, hematological and biochemical parameters, as well as histological alterations of liver and kidneys tissues, were investigated. The results showed that RVE had high protein content with six bands ranging between 15-70 kDa, as measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The IC 50 of RVE against human hepatocellular (HepG-2) and breast cancer (MCF-7) cell lines were 808.4 and 896.4 µg/mL, respectively. In EAC-bearing mice, RVE treatment modulated the b.wt change, and decreased the tumor volume and the tumor cells count. In addition, the liver and kidney functions were improved in EAC-bearing mice treated with RVE, as evidenced by ameliorating their histological structure.
{"title":"THE CYTOTOXIC EFFECT OF RHIZOSTOME JELLYFISH VENOM ON CANCER CELL LINES AND ITS ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY IN EHRLICH ASCITES-BEARING MICE","authors":"W. Salama, S. El-Naggar, Hadeer Attia, Ezar H Hamed","doi":"10.21608/ejz.2022.120663.1072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejz.2022.120663.1072","url":null,"abstract":"All of the drawbacks associated with the chemotherapy of cancer are the impetus for the search for newer and more efficacious drugs. Therefore, the current study aimed to evaluate the cytotoxic and antitumor efficacy of scyphozoan Rhizostoma octopus (rhizostome jellyfish) venom extract (RVE) against different tumor cell lines (in vitro ) and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC)-bearing mice ( in vivo ), respectively. Four groups of female CD-1 mice (n=10) were allotted as follows: the b.wt change, tumor indices, hematological and biochemical parameters, as well as histological alterations of liver and kidneys tissues, were investigated. The results showed that RVE had high protein content with six bands ranging between 15-70 kDa, as measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The IC 50 of RVE against human hepatocellular (HepG-2) and breast cancer (MCF-7) cell lines were 808.4 and 896.4 µg/mL, respectively. In EAC-bearing mice, RVE treatment modulated the b.wt change, and decreased the tumor volume and the tumor cells count. In addition, the liver and kidney functions were improved in EAC-bearing mice treated with RVE, as evidenced by ameliorating their histological structure.","PeriodicalId":11659,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Zoology","volume":"46 9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83806414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-05DOI: 10.21608/ejz.2022.113530.1068
S. Ibrahim, A. El-Shorbagy, Rehab M. Hussein
The current study reported the potential activity of the aqueous extract of Moringa oleifera leaves in reducing granulomatosis induced by Schistosoma soluble egg antigen (SEA). Twenty-five healthy individuals and fifty Schistosoma mansoni/ hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infected patients were enrolled in the current study. The granulocytes were isolated and used to induce in vitro granuloma using SEA-conjugated polyacrylamide beads in the presence of interleukin (IL)-17 (125 pg/mL). After 3 days, the granuloma was treated with the aqueous extract of Moringa leaves (0.1 mg/mL). Praziquantel (PZQ, 0.1 mg/mL) was used as a reference drug. On the 7 th and 14 th days, the granuloma index (G.I) was determined and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, H 2 O 2 , and nitric oxide (NO) levels were measured in the culture supernatant. The microscopic examination showed a significant reduction ( P <0.05) in the granuloma size in response to PZQ or Moringa extract after 7 and 14 days, respectively, in the healthy subjects; the reduction induced by Moringa was significant comparing with PZQ after 14 days. A significant decrease was also recorded in the granulocytes’ mediators as H 2 O 2 (in both healthy subjects and co-infected patients) and NO (in healthy subjects only) in response to Moringa extract comparing with PZQ after 14 days. However, TNF-α showed a significant increase (only after 14 days) in the granuloma treated with PZQ or Moringa extract compared with the untreated granuloma of healthy individuals. In conclusion, the Moringa extract showed a higher protective activity than PZQ in reducing granuloma, possibly due to affecting the production of granulocytes’ mediators.
{"title":"INHIBITION OF GRANULOMA INDUCED BY GRANULOCYTES ISOLATED FROM PATIENTS CO-INFECTED WITH SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI AND HEPATITIS C VIRUS: ROLE OF THE MORINGA OLEIFERA AQUEOUS EXTRACT","authors":"S. Ibrahim, A. El-Shorbagy, Rehab M. Hussein","doi":"10.21608/ejz.2022.113530.1068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejz.2022.113530.1068","url":null,"abstract":"The current study reported the potential activity of the aqueous extract of Moringa oleifera leaves in reducing granulomatosis induced by Schistosoma soluble egg antigen (SEA). Twenty-five healthy individuals and fifty Schistosoma mansoni/ hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infected patients were enrolled in the current study. The granulocytes were isolated and used to induce in vitro granuloma using SEA-conjugated polyacrylamide beads in the presence of interleukin (IL)-17 (125 pg/mL). After 3 days, the granuloma was treated with the aqueous extract of Moringa leaves (0.1 mg/mL). Praziquantel (PZQ, 0.1 mg/mL) was used as a reference drug. On the 7 th and 14 th days, the granuloma index (G.I) was determined and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, H 2 O 2 , and nitric oxide (NO) levels were measured in the culture supernatant. The microscopic examination showed a significant reduction ( P <0.05) in the granuloma size in response to PZQ or Moringa extract after 7 and 14 days, respectively, in the healthy subjects; the reduction induced by Moringa was significant comparing with PZQ after 14 days. A significant decrease was also recorded in the granulocytes’ mediators as H 2 O 2 (in both healthy subjects and co-infected patients) and NO (in healthy subjects only) in response to Moringa extract comparing with PZQ after 14 days. However, TNF-α showed a significant increase (only after 14 days) in the granuloma treated with PZQ or Moringa extract compared with the untreated granuloma of healthy individuals. In conclusion, the Moringa extract showed a higher protective activity than PZQ in reducing granuloma, possibly due to affecting the production of granulocytes’ mediators.","PeriodicalId":11659,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Zoology","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76597571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AMELIORATING EFFECTS OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS DRIVED FROM ADIPOSE AND BONE MARROW TISSUES ON CARDIOMYOPATHY OF DIABETIC RATS: A COMPARATIVE STUD","authors":"Shady G. El-Sawah, Ehab I. El-Hallous, Dlovan Y. Khalil, Hanan M Rashwan","doi":"10.21608/ejz.2022.121278.1073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejz.2022.121278.1073","url":null,"abstract":"Article History: Received: 11 February 2022 Accepted: 25February 2022 Published Online: 6 March 2022","PeriodicalId":11659,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Zoology","volume":"126 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90926845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-04DOI: 10.21608/ejz.2022.114806.1069
Rehab M. Hussein
Article History: Received: 6 February 2022 Revised: 24 February 2022 Accepted: 24 February 2022
文章历史:收稿日期:2022年2月6日修改日期:2022年2月24日接收日期:2022年2月24日
{"title":"POTENTIAL MODULATORY EFFECT OF SODIUM BUTYRATE ON TAMOXIFEN CITRATE-INDUCED DAMAGE IN THE SMALL INTESTINE OF RATS","authors":"Rehab M. Hussein","doi":"10.21608/ejz.2022.114806.1069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejz.2022.114806.1069","url":null,"abstract":"Article History: Received: 6 February 2022 Revised: 24 February 2022 Accepted: 24 February 2022","PeriodicalId":11659,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Zoology","volume":"140 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75640741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE AMELIORATIVE EFFECT OF TURMERIC AGAINST AFLATOXIN TOXICITY IN MALE ALBINO RATS FED ON MOULDY","authors":"M. Mahmoud, M. Helaly, Heba A. El‐dash","doi":"10.21608/ejz.2022.115569.1070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejz.2022.115569.1070","url":null,"abstract":"Article History: Received: 10 January 2022 Accepted: 15 February 2022 Published Online: 18 February2022","PeriodicalId":11659,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Zoology","volume":"116 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83740991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-28DOI: 10.21608/ejz.2022.112192.1066
A. Mustafa, S. Ramadan
Article History: Received: 20 December 2021 Accepted: 14 January 2022
文章历史:收稿日期:2021年12月20日收稿日期:2022年1月14日
{"title":"A NEW SPECIES OF AQUATIC ORIBATID MITE “HYDROZETES CRASSIPES SP. N.” (FAMILY: HYDROZETIDAE) FROM SOHAG GOVERNORATE, EGYPT","authors":"A. Mustafa, S. Ramadan","doi":"10.21608/ejz.2022.112192.1066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejz.2022.112192.1066","url":null,"abstract":"Article History: Received: 20 December 2021 Accepted: 14 January 2022","PeriodicalId":11659,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Zoology","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86171583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-14DOI: 10.21608/ejz.2022.112699.1067
T. Elsheikh, Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet, Abdullah Alhuraysi
Article History: Received: 23 December 2021 Revised: 4 January 2022 Accepted: 6 January 2022
文章历史:收稿日期:2021年12月23日修稿日期:2022年1月4日收稿日期:2022年1月6日
{"title":"THE ACTIVITY OF JUNIPERUS PROCERA STEM EXTRACTS AS PESTICIDES AGAINST THE BLOWFLY CHRYSOMYA ALBICEPS (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE)","authors":"T. Elsheikh, Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet, Abdullah Alhuraysi","doi":"10.21608/ejz.2022.112699.1067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejz.2022.112699.1067","url":null,"abstract":"Article History: Received: 23 December 2021 Revised: 4 January 2022 Accepted: 6 January 2022","PeriodicalId":11659,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Zoology","volume":"134 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88885984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EFFECT OF 1,2,4-TRIAZINE DERIVATIVES ON THE MOSQUITO “CULEX PIPIENS” AND ITS BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS","authors":"Walaa Nagaa, M. Shahen, M. Soliman, W.S. Meshrif","doi":"10.21608/ejz.2021.106471.1065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejz.2021.106471.1065","url":null,"abstract":"Article History: Received: 16 November 2021 Revised: 20 December 2021 Accepted: 21 December 2021 Published Online: 31 December 2021","PeriodicalId":11659,"journal":{"name":"Egyptian Journal of Zoology","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91527302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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