ba ckground: obesity is a consequence of the excessive accumulation of fat in adipose tissue which can result in significant morbidity and mortality. obesity is a major health problem in iran.  objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the  effects of  epa consumption on bmi  and  fasting blood sugar by fabp2 genotypes and pparα (leu162val, and g/c intron polymorphism) genotypes.   m ...

lactobacillus strains are a major part of the probiotics, microflora of the intestine and of fermented dairy products, and are found in a variety of environments. the aim of this study was to find out the ability of bile and acid tolerance and antibacterial properties of the twenty eight isolates of three group lactobacilli namely lactobacillus plantarum, lactobacillus casei and lactobacillus d...

the objective of this research is to identify arabidopsis thaliana genes encoding acid phosphatases induced by phosphate starvation. multiple alignments of eukaryotic acid phosphatase amino acid sequences led to the classification of these proteins into four groups including purple acid phosphatases (paps). specific primers were degenerated and designed based on conserved sequences of paps isol...

Bitter melon (Colocynth) is a species of herbs, annual medicinal plant of family Cucurbitaceae which are mainly grown in warm regions of Iran. Fatty acids of the seeds of this plant are considered as important materials, medicinally. In this study, essential fatty acids of seed collected from nine different regions of Iran were evaluated. The composition of fatty acids such as oleic, linoleic, ...

conclusions the present study showed that local administration of tra significantly reduces bleeding after prostatectomy surgery and is effective in preventing postoperative hemoglobin decrease. objectives in this study, the effect of local administration of tra on reducing bleeding during prostatectomy surgery was evaluated. methods a total of 186 patients who underwent prostatectomy surgery w...

objective: the purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of folic acid supplementation amongst iranian pregnant women. materials and methods: we selected 322 women through simple randomized method in a cross section study. data was gathered on the base of questionnaire and interview. statistical analysis was performed using spss software. the value of p<0.05 was considered a...

for determining the fatty acid characteristics and biodiesel quality of ethiopian jatropha provenances, the study was conducted in five regions namely southern nation nationalities peoples regional state (snnprs), amhara region, tigria region, oromia region and benishangul gumuz regions, where physic nut is found abundantly. for each region, representative sampling sites were selected following...

introduction h istone deacetylase inhibitors (hdis), as  radiation sensitizing agents, are considered as a novel class of anti-cancer factors, which are studied in various tumor cell-lines. valproic acid (vpa) is an hdi, which is effectively used in the treatment of epilepsy, migraines, and some particular types of depression. in this study, we evaluated the effects of vpa and ionizing radiatio...

objective: although sodium valproate came to the market as an anticonvulsant drug, nowadays it&apos;s wildly used in the management of psychiatric disorders. it is used as a mood stabilizer and as an adjunctive agent in treatment of depression and psychosis. there are controversies regarding sodium valproate efficacy in psychosis. although some studies have reported that it is effective in the ...