essential oils and their components are becoming increasingly popular as naturally occurring antimicrobial agents. in this work the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of ferula gumosa essential oils were determined. the essential oil components were identified by gc/ms analysis. the minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of essential oil against five selected pathogenic microorgani...

purpose previous studies have shown that physical activity improves learning and memory. present study was performed to determine the effects of short term and long term treadmill exercise on learning, memory consolidation and retrieval of passive avoidance learning in an animal model. methods in this study fifty male wistar rats with 3-4 months of age were randomly divided into five groups (n=...

bacterial vaginosis (bv) has been considered to be the most prevalent infection found in sexually active women. bv is thought to play an important role in the premature rupture of membranes (prom) and preterm birth. preterm delivery accounts for a substantial percentage of low birth weight infants and perinatal mortality and morbidity. bacteroides and prevotella species have been isolated from ...

osteoporosis is a disease of high prevalence with increased bone loss. it has potential public health threat and that the health authorities had taken several measures for its control. in recent years, considerable attention has been given to physiopathology of osteoporosis. oxidative stress has been proved to be involved in bone resorption. oxidative stress occurs when balance between oxidants...

a new series of thiazolidinedione derivatives were synthesized. the structures of these compounds were established by means of ir, 1h-nmr and elemental analysis. all of the compounds were screened for antidiabetic activity on albino rats. most of the compounds showed significant antidiabetic activity when compared with the standard drug glibenclamide.

materials and methods the expression of hyaluronidase antigenic fragments was optimized using iptg concentration, time of induction, temperature, culture, and absorbance of 0.6-0.8-1 at 600 nm. afterwards, the expressed proteins were purified and the enzymatic activity was assessed by turbid metric method. results data indicated that maximum protein is produced in od = 0.8, 0.5 mm isopropyl β-d...

background:  physical activity is a complex behavior. to designing the effective intervention, qualitative researches may be allowed for greater understanding of the reasons behind the adolescences’ physical activity‑related behaviors’. methods: using the grounded theory approach, including semi‑structured focus group discussions  (fgds) and in‑depth interviews, we conducted a quantitative stud...

this study aimed to assess the anticariogenic and hemolytic activity of crude plant seed protein extracts against tooth decaying bacteria.the proteins from seeds of 12 different plants were extracted and used for antimicrobial assay against six different organisms. the extraction was carried out in 10mm of sodium phosphate buffer (ph 7.0). protein concentrations were determined as described by ...

caffeic acid phenethyl ester(cape) suppresses the growth of transformed cells such as human breast cancer cells, hepatocarcinoma , myeloid leukemia, colorectal cancer cells, fibrosarcoma, glioma and melanoma. a group of heterocyclic esters of caffeic acid was synthesized using mitsunobu reaction and the esters were subjected to further structural modification by electrooxidation of the catechol...

pyrazine derivatives are important class of compounds with diverse biological and cytotoxic activities and clinical applications. in this study, b3 p 86 / 6 – 31 + + g * was used to compute and map the molecular surface electrostatic potentials of a group of substituted amides of pyrazine-2-carboxylic acids to identify common features related to their subsequent cytotoxicities. several statisti...