Background: Widespread adoption of a westernized diet represents major lifestyle change characterized by substantially higher sodium consumption and lower potassium intake, which is related to cardiovascular morbidity. Methods: We performed systematic review meta-analysis over published studies in accordance with quantifying the di...

A study was conducted to determine if nitrate sources in ground water (fertilizer on crops, fertilizer on golf courses, irrigation spray from hog (Sus scrofa) wastes, and leachate from poultry litter and septic systems) could be classified with 80% or greater success. Two statistical classification-tree models were devised from 48 water samples containing nitrate from five source categories. Mo...

Marigold has special importance and application in landscape designing. Nowadays, various species and cultivars of this plant are grown in many climates, where different environmental stresses such as freezing, salinity and drought can lead to vegetative disorders. This study was carried out to investigate the interactions between salinity and ammonium nitrate on seed germination, vegetative gr...

there are various methods for the analysis of potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate in food products, but a rapid and reliable method for identification of these preservatives in doogh (an iranian traditional dairy drink) is a procedure, in which high performance liquid chromatography (hplc) utilized and followed by uv diode array detection of the two preservatives. the aim of this case study w...

BACKGROUND The 2010 Dietary Guidelines emphasized that dietary sodium should be limited to 2300 mg/d, with a lower limit of 1500 mg/d for adults aged >50 y, non-Hispanic blacks, and those with diabetes, hypertension, or chronic kidney disease. The potassium goal remained at 4700 mg/d. OBJECTIVE The objective was to identify subpopulations for whom the 1500- or 2300-mg Na/d goals applied and t...