background: food borne pathogens are of the main concerns of food producers and consumers and escherichia coli and staphylococcus aureus create a lot of problems worldwide. the aim of this study was to evaluate antibacterial effects of monolaurin, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate on s. aureus and e. coli at different ph values and nacl concentrations. methods: micro-well dilution assay was use...

introduction: microbial keratitis is an infective process of the cornea with a potentially and serious visual impairments. contact lenses are a major cause of microbial keratitis in the developed countries especially among young people. therefore, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the frequency and microbiological characteristic of clk in patients referred to the emergency depart...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the anti-ulcer activity of chloroform extract of leaves of Cayratia pedata (Lam). The chloroform extract of Cayratia pedata (CECP) was investigated for its anti-ulcer activity against pylorus ligation and ethanol induced gastric ulcers in rats. Ranitidine (50mg/kg,p.o.) and misoprostol (100ug/kg,p.o.) were used as standard drugs. A significant (p<0.01) anti-...

objective: tardive dyskinesia (td), is one of the important problems of the patients with schizophrenia. the emergence of these side effects depends on so many factors such as the patients' age and the duration of antipsychotic treatment. by discovering new drugs (atypical), there has been an outstanding decrease in the emergence of these side effects. the present study investigates the symptom...

conclusions the study results showed that stimulation of the american cockroach’s immunity system lead to production of antibacterial proteins and peptides which had inhibitory effect on the bacteria, depending on the bacterial strains and their sensitivity. likely this feature of insects can be used as therapeutic strategies to produce natural antimicrobial compounds against the pathogenic bac...

background: iran is a land of great heritage of ancient medical scholars. herbal medicines, as a basement of treatment of diseases have been clearly described in the medical texts of these scholars including rhazes, avicenna, and others. numerous plants are introduced in these texts to treat those diseases likely to be infective ones. few attempts have been made to evaluate ethnopharmacological...

infective endocarditis is one of the most severe complications of parenteral drug abuse. the outstanding clinical feature of infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers is the high incidence of right-sided valve infection, and the tricuspid valve is involved in 60% to 70% of the cases. we herein report a case of isolated pulmonic valve infective endocarditis with a native pulmonary valve.

background: yogurt is one of the most popular food diets with refreshing taste, nutritional, and health benefits. the objective of this study was to investigate the effect of three herbal essential oils (eos) including peppermint, basil, and zataria on viability of the probiotic bacteria in yogurt samples and to evaluate the antimicrobial activities of the produced probiotic yogurts against esc...

background: multidrug resistant enterobacteriaceae which was confined to the hospital environments is now emerging in the domestic food related environments as well. the main objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of antibiotic resistant enterobacteriaceae in the domestic food related environments.  methods: resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, gen...

context to provide an updated review of published literature on the anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties of honey. evidence acquisition cinahl, biomed central, cochrane library, medline and embase data bases and reference lists were used to find randomized controlled trials and review articles. randomized controlled trials using honey with a comparator were reviewed, al...