plants of asteraceae are used in traditional medicine and phytotherapy. the two main caffeic acid derivatives, chicoric and caftaric acid which are found in many genus of asteraceae including echinacea exhibit important biological activities. the level of these acids in e. purpurea is affected by many factors such as growing situations, extraction methods, storage conditions and plant age. in t...

introduction: epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder in which patients experience spontaneous recurrent seizures and deficiency in learning and memory. although the most commonly recommended therapy is drug treatment, some patients do not achieve adequate control of their seizures on existing drugs. new medications with novel mechanisms of action are needed to help those patients whose sei...

introduction: bread made ​​from wheat flour is an important source of minerals such as iron and zinc, but its phytic acid content is a contributing factor that can cause decreased absorption of these minerals. this survey aimed to determine phytic acid content in different types of bread and dough consumed in yazd, iran. materials and methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried ou...

methemoglobinemia is a disorder characterized by the presence of a higher than normal level of methemoglobin. prilocaine which is one of the oxidizing local anaesthetics is widely used in many local procedures. the first choice of treatment of complications due to the use of these local anaesthetics is methylene blue, while ascorbic acid is the alternative choice. the side effects of metilen bl...

background combining different analgesic drugs for improvement of drug efficacy is a recommended strategy intended to achieve the optimal therapeutic effects. objectives the purpose of the present study was to assess the nature of the interaction between ascorbic acid and two analgesic drugs, morphine and tramadol. materials and methods the analgesic activity was assessed by the acetic acid wri...

this study was carried out on 1330 infants, from one to 24 months old, suffering from diarrhoea and moderate to severe dehydration who were hospitalized in bahrami childrens' hospital over a period of eleven months. fifteen percent of them had signs of shock and 36% had marasmus. nine percent of treated children required readmission to hospital within 24 hours of discharge and 8% were hospitali...

background: viral warts are a common problem especially in young people. they are important as they are transmittable and cause social embarrassment. though there are several treatments for viral warts, none offer a fast, simple, complete cure by itself. a simple and inexpensive way of treatment would be outstanding, especially in developing countries. we aimed to determine the efficacy and saf...

trichophyton rubrum (t. rubrum) is an anthropophilic dermatophyte that is distributed worldwide and causes common cutaneous disease such as mycosis. although several properties of this fungus have been investigated so far, however a few studies were carried out in the field of molecular biology of this fungus. in the present study we tried to identify its molecular characterization of the goano...