introduction there is a growing interest in determining the concentration of various elements in food spices. in the present study, the instrumental neutron activation analysis (inaa) was employed to measure the trace elements in 11 commonly food spices consumed in tehran, iran. materials and methods the levels of k, mn, na, cl, v, br, al, and as were determined and their effects on human healt...

toxic epidermal necrolysis is a potentially life-threatening disease, which needs necessary treatment. we present a 12 years old female who was a known case of idiopathic generalized tonic-clonic convulsion and presented with fever, diarrhea and generalized erythematous eruption after 2 weeks of being under treatment with maintenance doses of lamotrigine (ltg) and valproate (vpa). the eruption ...

background: milk is regarded as a unique source of food for all ages. when milk is exposed to various contaminants, including lead and cadmium, it is considered a risk to humans. the presence of some metal pollutants, especially cd and pb, facilitates their entry into the food chain and thus increases the possibility of their toxic effects on humans and animals. therefore, we decided to check l...

the  present study was aimed  at comparing the ability of three crop plants for phytoremediation of zinc (zn) and nickel (zn) from soils. a factorial (3×2×3) experiment based on rcbd was  used to compare the treatments,  and was repeated three times. the first factor was crop type (wheat, clover and rapeseed), the second factor was heavy metal types (zinc (zn) and nickel (ni)) and the third fac...