Background: Cancer is a major public health problem in the world. In Iran especially after a transition to a dynamic and urban community, the pattern of cancer has changed significantly. An important change occurred regarding the incidence of cancer at the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, including Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan province. This study was designed it investigate the epidemiolo...

background: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf) have the potential to optimize the rhizospheric soil characteristics considerably thereby affecting plant growth. objectives: the aim is to investigate the effects of fungi inoculation (glomus intraradices) on morphological, physiological and phytochemical traits of rosemary (rosemarinus officinalis l.) under salt stress. methods: a factorial exper...

background: the significant increase in the number of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis in recent years, suggests the appear­ance of a new health problem in the old world with most cases reported from mediterranean countries. besides the pre­sent case, eleven cases of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis have been detected in iran, three of which belong to gilan prov­ince, northern iran. methods: ...

fungi are found in different environments with variable distribution patterns depending on various factors. the aim of this study was determination of fungal contaminants in public swimming pools in uromia, iran. the fungal contaminations of four indoor swimming pools were studied by using membrane filtration and swab sampling method. samples were collected by a manual plastic pump, in a 200 ml...

Introduction: Nutritional requirements of fungi are essential for their successful growth in laboratories. Some fungi feed on the compounds present in the insects' bodies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of insects' body powder (IBP) as a supplement for the fungi growth in culture media. Methods: We used 10 mg of IBP, obtained from Anopheles superpictus and Culex theileri mosqu...

the isolated fungi species of different kinds from chromium contaminated soil sites located in nagalkeni, chennai were used for reducing chromium(vi) in a tannery industry wastewater of nagalkeni, chennai.  the experiments were conducted to know biosorption potential of isolated fungi species for removing chromium(vi) in a tannery industry wastewater against the different ph, fungi biomass and ...

regional differences and inequality in many countries is a major challenge in the way of achieving balanced development goals, particularly those countries such as iran which sovereign a large geographical territory. due to past poor national and focused planning, development and its basis in geographical regions of the country, has revealed significant differences in the development process. a...

random samples from asymptomatic leaves and branches of five native medicinal plants: stachys lavandulifolia, rumex pulcher, hypericum scabrum, starja bachteriarica and achillea kellalensis were collected from chaharmahal province of iran and examined for the presence of endophytic bacteria and fungi with biological activity. from 8 isolated endophytic fungi, all displayed considerable activity...