Limited efficacy of the BCG (Bacillus Calmette–Gu´erin) vaccine against adult tuberculosis and the emergence of resistance to existing anti-tuberculosis drugs compel discovery of novel antibiotics against Mycobacterium ...

Banana fiber, which is rich in cellulose, relatively inexpensive, and abundantly available, has potential for polymer reinforcement. This study explores the merits of combining high-modulus glass fibers with banana fiber ...

Banana fibre has been modified with silane treatments, acetylation, cyanoethylation, latex treatment and mercerization to improve the interfacial bonding with phenol formaldehyde (PF) resin. Scanning electron microscopy ...