A5023410114- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Malaria Research and Control
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Livestock Management and Performance Improvement
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
- Helminth infection and control
- Antimicrobial agents and applications
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Moringa oleifera research and applications
University of Connecticut
2016-2025
National Institute of Malaria Research
2006-2021
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2015-2019
National Dairy Research Institute
2014
Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
2013
Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
2010
Indian Council of Medical Research
2005
Sustainable food production covers a wide range of perspectives and embraces issues relating to environment, economy society. Sustainability systems faces challenges ranging from environmental degradation, resource competition elevated demands integration agriculture into the global economy. Considering its far-reaching socio-economic implications, this review first provides an overview key characteristics that distinguish sustainable conventional agricultural practices. In addition,...
Clostridium difficile is a nosocomial pathogen that causes serious toxin-mediated enteric disease in humans. Reducing C. toxin production could significantly minimize its pathogenicity and improve outcomes This study investigated the efficacy of two, food-grade, plant-derived compounds, namely trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC) carvacrol (CR) reducing cytotoxicity vitro. Three hypervirulent isolates were grown with or without sub-inhibitory concentrations TC CR, culture supernatant bacterial pellet...
Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of human foodborne illness globally, and strongly linked with consumption contaminated poultry products. Several studies have shown that C. can form sanitizer tolerant biofilm to product contamination, however, limited research has been conducted develop effective control strategies against biofilms. This study investigated efficacy three generally recognized as safe status phytochemicals namely, trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC), eugenol (EG) or carvacrol...
Campylobacter jejuni is a major foodborne pathogen that causes severe gastroenteritis in humans characterized by fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. In the human gut, adheres invades intestinal epithelium followed cytolethal distending toxin mediated cell death, enteritis. Reducing attachment invasion of to expression its virulence factors such as motility (CDT) production could potentially reduce infection humans. This study investigated efficacy sub-inhibitory concentrations (SICs,...
Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) is a major foodborne pathogen in the United States and one of most frequently reported serotypes globally. Eggs are common food product associated with SE infections humans. The colonizes intestinal tract layers, migrates to reproductive organs systemically. Since adhesion invasion chicken oviduct epithelial cells (COEC) critical for colonization tract, reducing these virulence factors could potentially decrease egg yolk contamination. This study investigated...
Escherichia coli O157: H7 (EHEC) is a major foodborne pathogen largely transmitted to humans through the consumption of undercooked ground beef. This study investigated efficacy two food-grade, plant-derived antimicrobials, namely rutin (RT), and resveratrol (RV) with or without chitosan (CH) in enhancing EHEC inactivation hamburger patties. Further, effect aforementioned treatments on beef color lipid oxidation was analyzed. Additionally, deleterious effects these antimicrobial determined...
Background and objective Alzheimer’s disease (AD) presents profound challenges, significantly impairing quality of life (QOL) for patients increasing the burden on caregivers. This study aims to investigate effectiveness a tailored 12-week yoga intervention in improving individuals with mild moderate AD reducing caregiver (CB). Methods is interventional healthy controls enrolled 30 participants (18 males, 12 females) diagnosed by an expert neurologist. Participants were aged 60 years or...
Salmonella Enteritidis is a major poultry-associated foodborne pathogen that can form sanitizer-tolerant biofilms on various surfaces. The biofilm-forming capability of S. facilitates its survival farm and food processing equipment. Conventional sanitization methods are not completely effective in killing biofilms. This study investigated the efficacy Generally Recognized as Safe phytochemical Trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC), nanoemulsion (TCNE), for inhibiting biofilm formation inactivating...
Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is a major foodborne pathogen in the United States, causing gastroenteritis humans, primarily through consumption of contaminated eggs. Chickens are reservoir host S. Enteritidis. In layer hens, colonizes intestine and migrates to various organs, including oviduct, leading egg contamination. This study investigated efficacy in-feed supplementation with trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC), generally recognized as safe (GRAS) plant compound obtained from cinnamon,...
Salmonella Enteritidis is a common foodborne pathogen transmitted to humans largely by consumption of contaminated eggs. The external surface eggs becomes with from various sources on farms, the main being hens' droppings and litter. Therefore, effective egg disinfection critical reduce pathogens potentially control egg-borne disease outbreaks. This study investigated efficacy GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status, plant-derived antimicrobials (PDA), namely trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC),...
Campylobacter is one of the major foodborne pathogens that result in severe gastroenteritis humans, primarily through consumption contaminated poultry products. Chickens are reservoir host Campylobacter, where pathogen colonizes ceca, thereby leading to contamination carcass during slaughter. A reduction cecal colonization by would directly translate into reduced product and risk human infections. With increasing consumer demand for antibiotic free chickens, significant research being...
Salmonella Enteritidis is a major foodborne pathogen that causes enteric illnesses in humans, primarily through the consumption of contaminated poultry meat and eggs. Despite implementation traditional disinfection approaches to reduce S. contamination, egg-borne outbreaks continue occur, raising public health concerns adversely affecting popularity profitability for industry. Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status phytochemicals such Trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC) have previously shown...
Listeria monocytogenes is a major foodborne pathogen in the United States that capable of forming sanitizer-tolerant biofilms on diverse food contact surfaces and under varying temperature conditions. A plethora research last decade has explored potential phytochemicals as antibiofilm agents. However, low solubility significant challenge needs to be addressed develop plant-based disinfectants can applied industry for controlling L. improving safety. This study investigated efficacy eugenol...
In this study, we investigated the therapeutic efficacy of plant compounds trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC) and eugenol (EG) on reducing Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) in commercial, market-age broiler chickens. Straight run, day-old commercial chicks (N = 84) were randomly grouped into 6 groups 14 birds each (n 14/group): a negative control (no SE, no TC or EG), EG 1% 0.75% TC), positive (SE, an challenge group TC). Before start experiment, flock was screened for any inherent 12...
Abstract This study investigated the efficacy of 3 GRAS‐status, plant‐derived antimicrobials (PDAs), trans ‐cinnamaldehyde (TC), carvacrol (CR), and β‐resorcylic acid (BR) applied as an antimicrobial wash for killing Escherichia coli O157:H7 on apples. “Red delicious” apples inoculated with a 5 strain mixture E. were subjected to washing in sterile deionized water containing 0% PDA (control), 0.15% TC, 0.35% CR, 0.30% 0.5% BR, or 1% BR 1, 3, min at 23 °C presence absence soil, surviving...