Bacterial cellulose is a biological polymer with a variety of extraordinary properties which make it a functional material for different industrial fields. This work aimed at monitoring the effects of three different organic acids and nanoparticles on the production, water holding capacity and structural characteristics of bacterial cellulose. Different concentrations of organic acids and nanop...

introduction: hemodialysis patients often develop resistance to recombinant human erythropoietin due to functional iron deficiency. in these patients iron therapy can be hazardous leading to hemosiderosis. recent studies have suggested that intravenous ascorbic acid may be able to improve this hyporeponsiveness. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of intravenous ascorbic acid on fu...

The methods accepted to determine antimicrobial drug susceptibility of mycobacteria are based on the determination of the microorganisms' growth on solid or liquid medium containing a specified concentration of a single drug.

Four bile acid profiles, bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, glutamate dehydrogenase, and isocitrate dehydrogenase were measured in rats in which normal bile flow had been disturbed either by administration of alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate or by surgical ligation of the bile duct. The most sensitive index to the early onset of cholestasis was an increase in total cholate. ...

background : evaluation of exposition to volatile organic compounds (voc) and compare urinary level of urinary biological exposure index in sweepers in west of iran . methods: this study was carried out on 40 street sweepers and 40 non-exposed as control group living in hamadan city, west of iran. voc was analyzed using gas chromatography equipped with a flame ionization detector (fid). the uri...

Leishmaniasis represents a serious threat to the health as one of the most important neglected tropical diseases as designated by the World Health Organization. The disease is endemic in 82 countries, among them Tunisia is an indigenous area for cutaneous Leishmaniasis. In a previous work, two tritepenic acids namely oleanolic and maslinic acids have been isolated from olive leaf extract. In th...

One of the most important issues affecting environmental health and sustainable food production is application of organic fertilizers instead of chemical fertilizers. This study set out to investigate the effect of application of soil humic acid and fulvic acid on barley plant. To this end a factorial experiment was carried out on the basis of randomized complete block design with four replicat...