background & aim: strawberry (fragaria vesca l.) is a plant belonging to the rosaceae family with medicinal properties, including antioxidant activity. the present study aimed at investigating the antioxidant properties of strawberry. experimental method: to examine the antioxidant effect, fruit extracts at two phonological stages of growth (ripe and unripe strawberry) were prepared. in add...

plants re-emit a substantial fraction of their assimilated carbon into the atmosphere as biogenic volatile organic compound. according to the presence of relatively high amount of methanol in herbal distillates, finding different concentrations of ethanol in such drinks is expectable, as several studies appeared that produced ethanol by plants emits into the atmosphere as do methanol. in this s...

background: organophosphorus (op) poisoning is a major public health problem in developing world. op pesticides inhibit carboxylic esterase enzymes including plasma cholinesterase (pche). clinical manifestations following op poisoning can be associated with the extent of decrease of pche. this study was designed to investigate the relevance of pche level to clinical manifestations in op poisoni...

abstract aims: chemical precipitation is a simple, efficient, and cost-effective method for eliminating heavy metals found in landfill leachate. the aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy rates of cadmium removal with the coagulants like poly aluminum chloride and lime using chemical precipitation method. materials & methods: in this experimental study, the raw studied samples wer...

this study aimed to determine phenolic compounds of artemisia spicigera (family asteraceae) growing in east-azarbaijan province of iran. 20%, 40 % and 60% spe fractions of methanolic extract of a. spicigera, were subjected to reversed phase preparative hplc, with the mobile phase consisted of methanol and water. structural identification of phytochemicals by spectroscopic methods including uv a...

background: volatile organic compounds (vocs) are human-made chemicals widely spread in the environment and produced by petrochemical industries and petroleum refineries. the aim of this research was to evaluate the distribution of vocs in the ambient air of mahshahr petrochemical complex, iran. methods: this study was a cross-sectional research performed in 2009. we used the method numbered 15...

programmed cell death, which can be classified into apoptosis, autophagy, and oncosis, based on the cellular signalling pathways involved in the process, plays a critical role in cellular house-keeping. aberrant cell death regulation leads to body malformations, as well as to numerous diseases. here, we describe the effects of cytototoxins isolated from marine organisms on the various programme...

background today, the use of cyclodextrins (cds) is a major concern in drug formulations to improve solubility and stability of compounds. it has been known that cds can reduce the antimicrobial effectiveness of preservatives by formation of inclusion complexes. objectives in this study the interaction between commonly used preservatives, benzalkonium chloride (bzcl) or methyl paraben (mp), wit...

cancer is a major global problem and is the second leading cause of mortality in the developed countries.resistance to current chemotherapeutics and high incidence of adverse effects are the two principal reasons for developing new anticancer agents. phenylacetamide derivatives can act as potential anticancer agents. synthesis and screening of 2-(4-fluorophenyl)-n-phenylacetamide derivatives in...

halophilic bacteria grow over a wide range of salt concentrations. in this study we aimed to isolate and screen out the halophilic bacteria and to determine their activity for production of the bioactive compounds. a total of 50 water, sediments and soil samples were collected from maharlu salt lake in southern region of fars-iran and subjected for isolation of the bioactive compound producing ...