cystic echinococcosis is an important zoonosis in the sheep rising areas of iran. to develop a simple and reliable diagnostic method for echinococcus infection in definitive hosts, e. granulosus polyoclonal antibodies (polyabs) were prepared from adult worm in rabbit. a selected poab was used for coproantigen detection in faecal samples obtained from animals naturally infected with echinococcus...

objective: to evaluate the predictive value of some biochemical markers in the outcome of extremity vascular trauma. methods: this study comprised 30 patients with traumatic arterial injury and acute limb ischemia referred to namazi hospital affiliated with shiraz university of medical ssciences, over a period of 8 months, from sep 2009 to jul 2010. venous blood samples were drawn from distal i...

background: ˝radioadaptive response˝ is well-documented phenomenon appeared in low dose ionizing radiation received in vitro and in vivo. occupational exposure has always been a great concern for radiation workers therefore this study was performed to study radioadaptive response in terms of residual dna double strand breaks as an endpoint in peripheral blood leukocytes of occupationally expose...

ilex spinigera (aquifoliaceae) plant is an evergreen tree or shrub with thick glossy dark green leaves and red fruits. this plant has medicinal properties and has been used traditionally in northern iran for malaria treatment. the aim of this work is to evaluate the antioxidative activities and the inhibitory effect of i.spinigera on the oxidation of dna. we have found no reports about the popu...

an agar well diffusion bioassay method for determination of clarithromycin in human plasma, using micrococcus luteus atcc 9341 as the assay organism, was compared with a selective high-performance liquid chromatographic (hplc) method with uv detection. spiked plasma was used to prepare standard and control samples for both methods. the results of the bioassay analyses with spiked plasma samples...

background and objectives: otostegia persica (burm.) boiss. is an endemic plant of iran with various applications in traditional medicine which contains of several antioxidant constituents. this research was aimed to investigate the effect of hydroalcoholic extract from o. persica aerial parts in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (huvecs) using hydrogen peroxide (h2o2) as an inducer of oxi...

background toxoplasma gondii is an opportunistic parasitic organism causing infection in many mammals, including immunosuppressed patients. toxoplasmosis as an opportunistic infection is highly prevalent among patients receiving a kidney transplant. objectives the purpose of this study was to identify and determine the prevalence of toxoplasma gondii in clinical samples collected from patients ...

extracts derived from viscum album have been shown to kill cancer cells in vitro. some studies have noted that different species of this plant collected from around the world displayed cytotoxic effects in different extents. in the present study, we evaluated the effects of iranian mistletoe extracts on five cancer cell lines. plants growing on hornbeam tree (carpinus betulus) were collected, a...