Anatomical Studies of Medicinal Plant Fumaria densiflora in Iraq

The anatomical characters of the leaf, stem and fruits of Fumaria densiflora of Papaveraceae family were studied by scanning electron and light microscopy. The results showed that the wall cells of adaxial and abaxial epidermis was thick with straight- sinuate anticlinal cell walls. Both surface have stomatal types of anomocytic, anisocytic and hemiparacytic. Leaf mesophyll consists of 1- 2 layers of palisade cells under the superior epidermis thickness rang 121.44 um and 3 or 6 layers of spongy tissue under the palisade layer. Cross sections of stems are pentagonal- shaped in outline and having five prominent angles.Fumaria fruits are tetragonal in shaped (fruit ribs are four). The external area included 2-4 layers of chlorenchyma cells as well as several layers of hypodermal collenchyma cells were recognized below the epidermis. Laticifer tubes could be seen in the sclerenchymatous sheath of the vascular bundles, the fruit wall, placenta and internal parenchyma layers. Keywords: Papaveraceae, Fumaria densiflora, leaves, stem, fruits

Serratia marcescens isolated from neonate patients with septicemia and study of the inhibition effect of Garlic plant extracts compared to antimicrobial agents in Thi Qar province in Iraq

Detection of Extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) enzyme producing bacteria in hospital settings is vital. This study was carried out to determine the distribution of Serratia marcescens that producing ESBL isolated from neonate patients from Al-Imam Al-Hussein hospital at Thi-qar province during a period of nine months from May to December 2020. Out of 100 swabs and samples collected from blood specimens of infant patients, bacterial growth was identified in 22 cultures (22%). The results showed that after treating 22 Serratia isolates with antibiotics, 22 isolates were identified as Seratia producing ESBLs and resistant 100% to antibiotics after incubating the plates cultured with Serratia bacteria for a whole isolates. During this study, garlic extract was used to compare the effect of the extract with isolates that showed high resistance. Where the results showed that there were inhibition rates after treating 22 isolates of Serratia with garlic extract (hexane, alcohol, hexane and alcohol mixtures), where 65% of the samples showed inhibition in different proportions, and 35% showed resistance and inhibition percentages appeared only with alcohol and as for hexane and hexane and alcohol mixtures. No results appeared isolates