The adsorption of phosphorus (P) onto three industrial solid wastes (fly ash, red mud and ferric-alum water treatment residual (FAR)) and their modified materials was studied systematically via batch experiments. Compared with two natural adsorbents (zeolite and diatomite), three solid wastes possessed a higher adsorption capacity for P because of the higher Fe, Al and Ca contents. After modifi...

Farming and trading of aquarium fish has been considered a popular pastime in the world. Most Iran's are imported from Asian countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand Vietnam. Fish lice (Argulus) is known as one most important common ectoparasites ornamental fish. Reports indicate that these parasites have observed to Iran (e.g goldfish Carassius auratus koi carp Cyprinus carpio). Today...

Nowadays, cardiovascular diseases are highly prevalent in human communities. Hypertension is a multifactorial disease which causes a mortality twice higher than general population. Given the fact that medicinal plants have long been used to treat hypertension and are currently being administered for this disease, we sought to report the mostly effective and important medicinal plants on hyperte...

RESEARCH ARTICLE Cytotoxic Activity of Two Cembranoid Diterpenes from Nicotiana Sylvestris Against Three Human Cancer Cell Lines Amir Reza Jassbi, Marzieh Vafapour, Ardeshir Shokrollahi, Omidreza Firuzi, Mehdi Zare, Jima N. Chandran, Bernd Schneider and Ian T. Baldwin Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Department of Phyt...

iabetes mellitus is one of the most common endocrine metabolic disorders. Dual endocrine deficits of impaired insulin action (insulin resistance) and inadequate insulin secretion create an environment of chronic hyperglycemia and general metabolic disorder (1). Development of novel medicine prototypes with systematic and intensive investigations of plants for new agents to treat diabetes mellit...

The pastoral nomads of Iran, who had been able to achieve a “sustainable balance” between their environment and their economy throughout their history, are being held responsible for the degradation of the rangelands by the experts and state officials. The government of Iran has placed considerable resources into provision of advice and services to improve the natural resource status of Iranian...

Innovation is the key to the economic development in today’s knowledge driven economy. World markets increasingly demand knowledge-intensive production and innovation-based competition. Iran still remains largely a natural-resource-based economy. To become competitive in today’s market it needs urgent shift towards a more knowledge-based economy which requires strong innovation system. This stu...

Bài báo trình bày kết quả phát triển vật liệu composite mới nguồn gốc tự nhiên trên cơ sở nhựa epoxy resorcinol sinh học – diatomite bằng quy xanh hai giai đoạn dựa đặc tính “sống” của sự trùng hợp cation. Bao gồm khởi đầu phản ứng ánh sáng và sau đó là hóa rắn không cần dưới tác dụng nhiệt, này cho phép thu được các epoxy-diatomite dày trong suốt mà dùng bất cứ dung môi hay chất amine nguy hại...