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Aqueous and ethanolic extracts of ginger )Zingier officinale) and (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) were used to investigate an antifungal activity against food spoilage fungal pathogens. Study of the inhibitory effect of these extract was done separately against Aspergillus niger and Penicillium notatum isolated from (tomato pasts, cheese) the samples were cultured on Sabouraud's dextrose agar (SDA) at pH 5.6 and 28°C. In this study, results had shown that the extracts of Both plant demonstrated antifungal activity. When compare extracts of the two plants, C. zeylanicum extracts showed higher inhibition activity than (Zingiber officinale) extracts significantly. Ethanolic extracts of these tow plants gives significantly inhabitation in the mycelia growth of fungi more than their aqueous extracts (16-22), (19-25)mm, P. noitatum and A. niger respectively while the inhibitory observed by the aqueous extract (5-6) mm against A. niger for (6-8) mm. Against P. notatum was the most affected by all extracts while A. niger was the least susceptible. There was a significant difference (P=0.05) between groups in the antifungal activities of tested fungi, and the effectiveness of ethanolic extracts was increased with increase in their concentrations. The ability of these extracts to inhibit the growth of the two fungi must take into consideration an indication of the antifungal potency of cinnamon and Zingiber officinale, that makes them the candidate for the production of antifungal agents.

The aim of this research is to find out the effect of using Camel Colostrum extract on some blood parameters in albino rats. Use of the colostrum extract from camels after delivery in the first three postpartum periods (1 hour), postpartum (6 hours) and postpartum (12 hours). In this study, 30 rats of males and females, ranging from 150-200 g, were randomly divided into five groups each group contain 6 rats, All groups were infected with E. coli except (C) group. After that, 3 animals were killed from each group after five days of infection and treated as follows: Control group(C) The standard and distilled water were given only,( zero) left untreated, (group 1) given 0.2 ml of colostrum extract was removed after 1 hour of delivery (group 6) given 0.2 mL of colostrum extracted After 6 hours of delivery, (group 12), which was given 0.2 ml of colostrum extract taken 12 hours after birth, The results of the experiment showed a significant effect (p<0.05) for the treatment with the presence of significant differences between the groups and the results showed that the superiority of the group (1) on the other groups, followed by the group(6) after 30 days of the experiment in improving the parameters of the doll due to the high proportion of antibodies in this groups.

The current study was carried out to study the impacts of milk butter from Iraqi-bred cows fed on a diet mixed with fenugreek seed on the lipid profile of Wistar ratsin Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq. The experiment contained the recruitment of 10 lactating locally-bred cows (LLBCs) fed with 12.5gm/animal/day for 24months of soaked fenugreek seeds (SFSs), SFS group. As a cow control (CC) group, 10 LLBCs were used with no treatment. After the end of this experiment, the milk was utilized to produce butter. Then, the SFS-originated butter (SFSB) was orally-administered to 10 rats at 0.08mg/kg daily for 30 days, SFSB group. For the rat control (RC) group, 10 rats were orally-administered with CC-originated butter (CCB) at 0.08mg/kg daily for 30 days, CCB group. After the end of the rat experiment, the body weight and serum profile of lipids of rats for both SFSB and CCB groups were measured. The result showed that the oral supply of the butter from SFS cows induced potentially (p˂0.05) increased in the HDL levels in the SFSB rats. In addition, the LDL and VLDL from the same rats revealed no significant (p˃0.05) changes after using the butter originated from the cows treated with SFS. Significant (p˂0.05) elevations were recorded in the levels of TC, TG, and weights in the rats treated with the butter produced from the SFS cow milk. The study concludes that feeding cows with fenugreek seeds has successful impacts in increasing the levels of HDL “good lipid” and decreasing the levels of LDL and VLDL “bad lipids” in the rats treated orally with butter produced from these cows.