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Background
Pakistan’s Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Program is faced with multiple challenges in service delivery, financial and logistic management, training and deployment of human resources, and integration within the existing health system. There is a lack of evidence on managerial aspects of the MNCH program management and implementation.Methods and Findings
This study used qualitative methods to explore the challenges national, provincial and district program managers have faced in implementing a community midwifery program in province of Punjab while also exploring future directions for the program under a devolved health system. While the program had been designed in earnest, the planning lacked critical elements of involving relevant stakeholders in design and implementation, socio-demographic context and capacity of the existing health system. Financial limitations, weak leadership and lack of a political commitment to the problem of maternal health have also had an impact on program implementation.Conclusions
Our study results suggest that there is a need to re-structure the program while ensuring sustainability and collaboration within the health sector to increase uptake of skilled birth attendance and improve maternal health care in Pakistan. 相似文献3.
Lipoxygenase inhibiting and antioxidant oligostilbene and monoterpene galactoside from Paeonia emodi
Riaz N Malik A Rehman AU Ahmed Z Muhammad P Nawaz SA Siddiqui J Choudhary MI 《Phytochemistry》2004,65(8):1129-1135
Paeoninol and paeonin C, oligostilbene and monoterpene galactoside, have been isolated from the methanolic extract of the fruits of Paeonia emodi. Their structures have been assigned on the basis of spectral analysis including 1D and 2D NMR techniques. In addition, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid 3, gallic acid 4 and methyl gallate 5 have also been reported for the first time from this species. Compounds 1 and 2 have displayed potent inhibitory potential against enzyme lipoxygenase in a concentration-dependent fashion with the IC(50) values 0.77 and 99.5 microM, along with ABTS(.+) radical quenching activity with IC(50) values of 147.5 and 498.2 microM, respectively. 相似文献
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The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) is considered a specialist on Brassicaceae, but it is capable of expanding its food range by incorporation of non-brassicaceous plants into its diet. The use of a new food plant may change food availability and vulnerability of P. xylostella to its natural enemies, especially specialist parasitoids. In this laboratory study, we evaluated the bottom-up effects of two Brassicaceae viz. Brassica napus L. and Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl and two non-Brassicaceae viz. Tropaeolum majus L. and Cleome hassleriana Chodat on several fitness correlates of the specialist parasitoid, Diadegma insulare (Cresson) reared on P. xylostella larvae. Percentage of parasitism of host larvae by D. insulare varied among the plant species and was highest on T. majus and lowest on D. sophia. Values of several fitness correlates for D. insulare differed when the host was feeding on various plant species. Egg to adult development was fastest on B. napus followed by C. hassleriana, D. sophia and T. majus. Female wasps reared on C. hasseleriana lived the longest in absence of food. The response of D. insulare to potential food-plant expansion by its host P. xylostella is discussed. 相似文献
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Selecting insect-resistant plant varieties is a key component of integrated management programs of oligophagous pests such as diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), but rigorous research on important life history parameters of P. xylostella in relation to host plant resistance is rare. We evaluated six conventional brassicaceous species, namely, Brassica napus L. 'Q2', B. rapa L., B. juncea (L.) Czern., B. carinata L., B. oleracea L., and Sinapis alba L., and two herbicide-tolerant cultivars, namely, B. napus 'Liberty' and B. napus 'Conquest' for their resistance against P. xylostella. Brassicaceae species and cultivars varied considerably in their susceptibilities as hosts for P. xylostella. Sinapis alba and B. rapa plants were highly preferred by ovipositing females and trichome density on adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces had nonsignificant effects on P. xylostella oviposition. Larval survival was similar on the genotypes we tested, but host plants significantly affected larval and pupal developmental time, herbivory, pupal weight, silk weight, adult body weight, forewing area and longevity (without food) of both male and female P. xylostella. Larval and pupal development of females was fastest on B. juncea and S. alba, respectively. Specimens reared on B. napus Liberty and B. oleracea, respectively, produced the lightest female and male pupae. Defoliation by both female and male larvae was highest on B. rapa, whereas least herbivory occurred on S. alba. Females reared on S. alba were heavier and lived longer in the absence of food than their counterparts raised on other tested host plants. Brassica oleracea could not compensate for larval feeding to the level of the other species we evaluated. B. napus Conquest, B. napus Q2, B. carinata, B. rapa, and S. alba produced, respectively, 1.6-, 1.8-, 1.8-, 3.9-, and 5.5-fold heavier root systems when infested than their uninfested counterparts, suggesting that these species were better able to tolerate P. xylostella infestations. 相似文献
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Extensive applications of persistent organochlorine pesticides like endosulfan on cotton have led to the contamination of
soil and water environments at several sites in Pakistan. Microbial degradation offers an effective approach to remove such
toxicants from the environment. This study reports the isolation of highly efficient endosulfan degrading bacterial strains
from soil. A total of 29 bacterial strains were isolated through enrichment technique from 15 specific sites using endosulfan
as sole sulfur source. The strains differed substantially in their potential to degrade endosulfan in vitro ranging from 40
to 93% of the spiked amount (100 mg l−1). During the initial 3 days of incubation, there was very little degradation but it got accelerated as the incubation period
proceeded. Biodegradation of endosulfan by these bacteria also resulted in substantial decrease in pH of the broth from 8.2
to 3.7 within 14 days of incubation. The utilization of endosulfan was accompanied by increased optical densities (OD595) of the broth ranging from 0.511 to 0.890. High performance liquid chromatography analyses revealed that endosulfan diol
and endosulfan ether were among the products of endosulfan metabolism by these bacterial strains while endosulfan sulfate,
a persistent and toxic metabolite of endosulfan, was not detected in any case. The presence of endosulfan diol and endosulfan
ether in the bacterial metabolites was further confirmed by GC-MS. Abiotic degradation contributed up to 21% of the spiked
amount. The three bacterial strains, Pseudomonas spinosa, P. aeruginosa, and Burkholderia cepacia, were the most efficient degraders of both α- and β-endosulfan as they consumed more than 90% of the spiked amount (100 mg l−1) in the broth within 14 days of incubation. Maximum biodegradation by these three selected efficient bacterial strains was
observed at an initial pH of 8.0 and at an incubation temperature of 30°C. The results of this study may imply that these
bacterial strains could be employed for bioremediation of endosulfan polluted soil and water environments. 相似文献
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Choudhary MI Musharraf SG Nawaz SA Anjum S Parvez M Fun HK Atta-ur-Rahman 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry》2005,13(6):1939-1944
The microbial transformation of (-)-isolongifolol (1) by using the standard two-stage fermentation technique with Fusarium lini afforded polar oxygenated metabolites: 10-oxoisolongifolol (2), 10alpha-hydroxyisolongifolol (3), and 9alpha-hydroxyisolongifolol (4). Metabolites 3 and 4 were also formed with the incubation of 1 with Aspergillus niger. All three metabolites were found to be new. Compounds 3 and 4 inhibited butyrylcholinesterase enzyme in a concentration-dependent manner with IC50 values 13.6 and 299.5 microM, respectively. Compound 3 showed un-competitive mode of inhibition against butyrylcholinesterase with Ki value 15.0 microM. The structures of metabolites 2-4 were deduced on the basis of spectroscopic techniques and single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. 相似文献
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Hasan A Khan KM Sher M Maharvi GM Nawaz SA Choudhary MI Atta-ur-Rahman Supuran CT 《Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry》2005,20(1):41-47
A series of variably substituted chalcones were synthesized by condensation of substituted acetophenones with mono-, di- or trisubstituded benzaldehydes. It was observed that some of these compounds have the potential to inhibit acetylcholinesterase, whereas others show activity against butyrylcholinesterase, depending on the substitution pattern at the two aromatic rings of these chalcones. Similarly, lipoxygenase was inhibited by two of these compounds. It has been observed that inhibition of the three enzymes was concentration dependent with the IC50 values ranging from 28.2-134.5 microM against acetylcholinesterase, 16.0-23.1 microM against butyrylcholinesterase and 57.6-71.7 microM against lipoxygenase, respectively. 相似文献
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Ansari FL Umbreen S Hussain L Makhmoor T Nawaz SA Lodhi MA Khan SN Shaheen F Choudhary MI;Atta-ur-Rahman 《化学与生物多样性》2005,2(4):487-496
A series of 2,4-diaryl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro- (36-40) and 2,4-diaryl-2,3-dihydro-1,5-benzothiazepines (25-35) have been synthesized from the corresponding chalcones 1-24. Both the benzothiazepines and chalcones were evaluated as DPPH free-radical scavengers and as inhibitors of cholinesterases, urease, and alpha-glucosidase. Compounds 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 18, 21, 36a, 37a, 37b, and 39a showed significant cholinesterase inhibiting activities. Among the 15 dihydro-1,5-benzothiazepines, 26, 32, and 35 exhibited significant radical-scavenging activities; and six tetrahydro-1,5-benzothiazepines (35, 36a, 36b, 37a, 37b, and 39a) were found to be inhibitors of AChE and BChE. Compounds 22, 25, 26, 33, 35, 36a, 37b, and 39a inhibited urease, and 25 and 27-31 were found to be potent inhibitors of alpha-glucosidase. 相似文献