Valeriana officinalis (valerian), as a nutraceutical herb, is widely used for its sedative and hypnotic properties. It is known that C15 sesquiterpenoid valerenic acid (VA) is the active ingredient responsible for pharmacological effects of V. officinalis. To evaluate the effect of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) concentrations (50 and 100 µM...

Background and Objective: Diabetic macular edema (DME) is one of the common complications of diabetes which significantly accounts for preventable visual impairment and blindness. Central macular thickness (CMT) is a feature found in DME patients. This study aims to determine the relationship between optical coherence tomography (OCT)-measured CMT and visual acuity (VA) in patients with DME bef...

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It has come to our attention that one man's demand for respect from a remote village of the Middle East can be rapidly turned into an international call to terminate the ill practices of the old regime. The very core of this revolution is a simple communication system, Face-book. The increase in online social networking endows the modern age with broad freedom of speech. With this powerful cybe...