Caffeine is the most commonly used psychoactive substance throughout the world. It is found in coffee, black tea, and chocolate, as it is produced naturally in the beans and leaves of the plants used to manufacture these products. This study aimed to make a survey study among children 2-11 years in some Tripoli, Libya schools to determine caffeine concentration in number of beverages and foods consumed by studied children. About 313 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to students to be filled by their parents. Caffeine was extracted from samples using dichloromethane. Purity of isolated caffeine was estimated by using TLC method.Quantitative analysis of caffeine was performed by using a UV-Visible spectrophotometer. Chocolate biscuits, chocolate cake, cocoa milk and chocolate ice cream were the highest consumed products among the studied children (81%, 79%, 67% and 63% respectively). The highest side effects of caffeine consumption was hyperactivity was the highest side effect in children (76%). Some children also suffered from severe side effects such as panic attack (14%). Naseem ice cream sample showed the highest caffeine content (28 mg/serving) among solid samples.Whereas in the beverages, energy drink samples Red pull, XIR and Shark were 268, 262 and 250 mg/serving respectively. In conclusion, there was excessive consumption of caffeine among the studied group of children and some of them showed side effects and even severe side effects. Variety of tested foods and beverages under the study contained uncontrolled concentrations of caffeine. In addition, chocolate milk (Al Rayhan), contained no caffeine. arabic 15 English 97
Sakina S. Saadawi, Khairi A. Alennabi, AMAL .A ABOALLA AMMAR, , , ٍSuhera Mehemed Abdulsalam Aburawi(9-2019)

شجرة الزيتون والمعروفة علميا بإسم Olea europaea موطنها حوض البحر الأبيض المتوسط. وتعتبر منتجات شجرة الزيتون من العناصر المهمة في الغذاء الصحي ودلك لاحتوائها علي مركبات الفينول. العديد من الدراسات على أوراق وزيت الزيتون بينت إن لهذه المشتقات من شجرة الزيتون فعالية في إنقاص معدل حدوث أمراض القلب. كما بينت نتائج التجارب المعملية و التي تم فيها استخدام خلاصة أوراق الزيتون على الحيوانات العديد من التأثيرات: مثل التأثير المضاد للأكسدة، المضاد للجراثيم والفيروسات ،و خافض لضغط الدم ومنظم لخفقات القلب وخافض لمستوى السكر في الدم ومنع تكدس الصفائح الدموية. كما بينت الدراسات أن إتباع نظام غدائي تقليدي كما هو الحال في منطقة حوض البحر المتوسط يودي إلي نقص ملحوظ في عدد الوفيات الإجمالي. ومن خلال مراجعة مانشر من أبحاث عن منتجات شجرة الزيتون وجدنا أن أغلبها ركزت على زيت الزيتون وخاصة تأثيره على الجهاز الدوري وعلاقته بالدم وتجلطه ومن هنا رأينا إن نقوم بدراسة التأثير المضاد للجلطة الناتج عن إعطاء المستخلص الكحولي لأوراق الزيتون المحلية على الأرانب. تم تقسيم حيوانات التجارب ( الأرانب ) إلى أربع مجموعات كل مجموعة تحتوي علي ستة أرانب. وتم إعطاء الدواء و الدواء الكاذب عن طريق الفم . المجموعة الأولى والثانية أعطيت جرعات متكررة 100 و 200 مليجرام/كيلوجرام من المستخلص الكحولي لأوراق الزيتون عن طريق الفم المجموعة الثالثة أعطيت جرعة من الدواء الكاذب (الماء) أما المجموعة الرابعة فأعطيت عقار الوارفارين 1.5 مليجرام/كيلوجرام/اليوم . وتم إستحداث الجلطة الوريدية عن طريق عقار الترومبوبلاستين وربط الوريد الأجوف (الأبهر). تم قياس التأثير الدوائي بعد ثمانية أسابيع من إعطاء الجرعة اليومية. وتم قياس وزن الجلطة وزمن التجلط Prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time (PT and APTT). وأظهرت الدراسة إن المستخلص الكحولي لأورق الزيتون يزيد من الزمن اللازم لحدوث الجلطة (PT) و ليس له تأثير على وزن الجلطة ولكن له تأثير على شكلها ومكان تواجدها في داخل الوريد. Abstract Olive tree, botanically known as Olea europaea (native to Mediterranean regions). Its products have been recognized as important components of a healthy diet because of their phenolic content. Olive leaves and olive oils in the Mediterranean diet have been the focus of many epidemiological studies and have been shown to reduce the incidence of heart diseases and adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet is associated with a significant reduction in total mortality. The aim of our study is to investigate (in vivo) the antithrombic effect of locally cultivated olive leaf ethanolic extract on the rabbits. The rabbits were divided into four groups, two groups were treated with repeated oral doses of OLE of 100 and 200 mg/kg for eight weeks, the third group was treated with distilled water and the fourth group was given warfarin (1.25 mg/kg/day).The effect of the treatment was evaluated on thrombus weight, and coagulation parameters Prothrombine time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT). Our results showed that OLE had no effect on thrombus weight compared with control group treated with distilled water. Prothrombin time was significantly prolonged in the OLE- treated rabbit. However, the APTT was not significantly affected by this treatment. The shape of thrombus was also affected in rabbits treated with OLE. In conclusion the effect of OLE may be attributed to an improvement in endothelial function.
عبدالله محمد الدب (2010)

More than 2000 cultivars of Phoenix dactylifera L. are known to grow around the world. Date is an essential fruit in North Africa, and in Libya in particular, it represents an important national food resource. Recently, researchers discovered the medicinal value of different parts of palm tree beside the well known nutritional value of the fruit edible part. In this study five Libyan date seeds (Bestian, Deglet, Abel, Khadrai and Hamrai) were collected from Aljofra region and were screened for phytochemical components and their antimicrobial activity. The phytochemical analysis of methanolic extract of five different Libyan date palm seeds showed the presence of aflavnoids, glycosides, phytosterols, phenolic compound, tannins, and fixed oil, absences of alkaloids and saponine. The susceptibility of bacterial species to five methanolic extracts of Phoenix dactylifera L seeds by cup-cut agar method exhibited Inhibition zones (IZD). That inhibition zone diameters are vary from 15.0 0.3 to 3.02 0.01 against MRSA; 16.040.1 to 6.0  0.7 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa; 14.2 0.1 to 6.00.7 against Proteus vulgaris; 18.3 0.2 to 6.0 0.1 against Staphylococcus aureus; 14.04 0.2 to 2.0 0.02 against E. coli; and 18.0 0.1 to3.2 0.02 against Klebsiella pneumonia. The results of current study shows the antibacterial properties of five Libyan samples of date seed extract against a wide spectrum of bacteria. arabic 21 English 126
Basma Doro, Nahla Labyad, Fadia Gafri(1-2020)