omentin-1 is a novel adipokine that is predominantly secreted by visceral adipose tissue. circulating levels of omentin-1 is inversely related to obesity. there is limited information about the effect of exercise training on serum omentin-1 concentration. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of four weeks of progressive resistance training on serum omentin-1 levels. 16 male wiste...

new blood forming vessels are produced by differentiation of mesodermal precursor cells to angioblasts that become endothelial cells (ecs) which in turn give rise to primitive capillary network. human cord blood (hcb) contains large subsets of mononuclear cells (mncs) that can be differentiated into endothelial-like cells in vitro. human mononuclear progenitor cells were purified from fresh umb...

willows due to the rapid growth rate, low nutrient requirements, resistance to many pollutants, and environmental stresses are ideal candidates for developing the landscapes and reducing the environmental degradation. the purpose of this study was to determine the response of salix alba seedling to water deficit conditions. this experiment was set up as complete randomized design with five irri...

parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders.  there are many documents about the effects of oxidative stress in parkinson’s disease etiology. angiotensin ii activates nadph dependent oxidases and causes superoxides formation.  peganum harmala l. extract, which has angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) inhibitory effect, is considered to evaluate oxidative stress inhi...

garlic (allium sativum l., alliaceae), persian shallot (allium ascalonicum l., alliaceae ) and sage (salvia officinalis l., lamiaceae) are believed to have hypoglycemic properties and have been used traditionally as antidiabetic herbal medicines in iran. in this study, diabetes was induced by subcutaneous injection of alloxan monohydrate (100 mg kg−1) to male wistar rats. antidiabetic effects of...

interleukin-8 (il-8) is a well-known inflammatory chemokine and suggested to be involved in the development of acne vulgaris. this study investigates il-8 plasma levels in acne patients and healthy controls and the molecular basis for the regulation of the il-8 gene in a pakistani population.patients with acne vulgaris (n=264) and healthy individuals (n=264) were enrolled in this investigation....

evaluation of river discharges trends is very important for water resources management and design of irrigation and drainage networks. in this research, annual, seasonal and monthly trends of maroon river discharge were evaluated using the mann-kendall and sen’s slope estimator non-parametric tests and the regression analysis parametric test. for this purpose, river discharge data from five h...

to compare the efficacy of acupressure wrist bands, ondansetron, metoclopramide and placebo in the prevention of vomiting and nausea after strabismus surgery. two hundred patients, asa physical status i or ii, aged between 10 and 60 years, undergoing strabismus surgery in farabi hospital in 2007-2008 years, were included in this randomized, prospective, double-blind and placebo-controlled study...

drought resistance is a very important characteristic needed for plant survival especially at germination stage, in arid and semi-arid lands. phosphatase enzymes are widely found in plants. these enzymes are responsible for dephosphorylation of organic phosphate and altering it to mineral phosphate. germination experiments were conducted in two bread wheat cultivars (sardari and alvand) under s...