Nine eriophyoid mites, including two new species and five new records, from Iran are described and illustrated. They are Aceria acroptiloni Shevchenko & Kacalev, 1974, rec. n. on Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo (Asteraceae); Aceria anthocoptes (Nalepa, 1892), rec. n. on Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae); Aceria lactucae (Canestrini, 1893), rec. n. on Lactuca virosa L. (Asteraceae); Aceria...

Recently, 6-(2-naphthyl)-2, 3-dihydro-as-triazine-3-thione (NDTT) was synthesized in laboratory and used successfully for the spectrophotometric determination of nanogram levels of Cu(2+) in aqueous solution. This reagent forms a specific red complex with Cu(2+) ions after the extraction by chloroform at alkaline pH. The absorption of the complex in the UV region (313 nm) is about 8 times as st...

This work is an informative study investigated the nutrient contents and antioxidant activity of Mentha pulegium L. Artemisia abrotanum two plants largely used in North African traditional medicine as well pharmaceutical agro-alimentary industries. These have been herbal tea, or powder remedies, to treat painful menstruation, gastrointestinal disorders. Recently they were extensively during pan...

background & aim: nowadays, tendency to agricultural biotic product sustainable agriculture instead of chemical ‎fertilizers has been going up in all over the world. so, most pharmaceutical industries prefer to ‎use raw material which is produced from organic and stable system. producing organic ‎medicinal plants, such as peppermint, seems important in economical, ecological and ‎bio enviro...

background & aim:mentha longifolia (l.) huds is an aromatic perennial herb that belongs to the   family lamiaceae. the aim of this study was to identify chemical composition of aerial parts   (including leaf, stem and flowers) of m. longifolia collected from   (kamu mountain) isfahan province. experimental: the essential oils were extracted   using the hydrodistillation method and analysed by g...