background and purpose: essential oils extracted from different plants are extensively used in perfume, beverage, and food industries and are reported to exhibit antimicrobial activities against a variety of fungi. zhumeria majdae belonging to the lamiaceae family is a rare and endemic medicinal plant species in iran, with a strong and pleasant odor. the leaves of this plant have been used for ...

in this study, invitro evaluation of some iranian plants against staphylococcus aureus isolation of urinary tract infection by microtiterplate method. all 12 strains of staphylococcus aureus isolated from urine culture of hospitalized patients during the years 2012- 2013. minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of plant extract and essential oilagainst bacteria were determined using micro diluti...

background: presently, the british-american tobacco company (bat) located in ibadan, oyo state is the only tobacco producing company in nigeria accounting for about nine different brands of cigarette tobacco smoked in the country. the tobacco leaves are produced from some farmlands located in oke-ogun area of ibadan where special fertilizers are used for the growing of the tobacco leaves. the u...

background: natural radiation is constantly present in the environment and is emitted from a variety of natural and artificial sources. it affects human body and environment. materials and methods: the activity concentrations of 238u, 232th and 40k have been determined by gamma ray spectrometer with an hpge detector in sediments of cauvery river, tamilnadu, india. results: the absorbed dose rat...

background: knowledge of radioactivity levels in human diet is of particular concern for the estimation of possible radiological hazards to human health. however, very few surveys of radioactivity in food have been conducted in iran therefore the baseline values of the natural radionuclides concentration (40k, 226ra and 232th), and man made radionuclide, 137cs, were determined in twenty six sam...

the nitrogen (n) nutrition, crop yield, and responses of wheat to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (amf) were tested in an experimental field under free-air ozone concentration [o3] enrichment (face) conditions. the experiment included three treatments: ambient [o3] (ambient), elevated [o3] (face, targeted at ambient [o3]×1.5), and elevated [o3] inoculated with an amf consortium consisting of sever...