pistachio nut (pistacia vera l.) is one of the popular and nutritious tree nuts in the world. pistachio spread is a new product which is made from pistachio paste, icing sugar, soy protein isolate (spi), and red palm oil (rpo). this study involved sensory acceptability (by 32 assessors) using hedonic scale and development of suitable terminology for describing pistachio spread using quantitativ...

abstract due to economical importance of stored product pests and resistance to conventional insecticides, it is necessary to use novel and suitable compounds in control programs. therefore, we evaluated the toxicity of spinosad to three important storage insect, red flour beetle, tribolium castaneum (herbst), rice weevil, sitophilus oryzae (l.), sawtoothed grain beetle oryzaephilus surinamensi...

conclusions it can be concluded that the devisable memory-enhancing effects of red lentil (lens culinaris) are due to the antioxidant activity of its flavonoid, tannins, and terpenoids. background since ancient times, people have believed that certain foods or plants can affect learning and memory potency in humans. the consumption of food and beverages rich in flavonoid compounds has been prop...

background and objectives: non-sanitary conditions during the drying, transport and storage stages in the production of spices could introduce mycotoxin contamination. the aim of the current study was to determine the concentration of ochratoxin a (ota) in 92 commercial spices (including red pepper, black pepper, turmeric and cinnamon) imported to iran. materials and methods: ota levels were de...

background and objectives: sodium nitrite and potassium nitrite have been traditionally used for inhibition of clostridium botulinum and also as an agent to stabilize the color of meat products; however, usage of these additives at high levels could lead to toxicity and cancer originating from the formation of nitrosamines. nowadays, application of natural preservatives in order to reduce the n...

in this study prevalence of parasites in 118 samples (62 foxes and 56 jackals) was investigated in ilam province of iran, in 2010-2013, situated in the western part of the national capital of iran. the nematodes which were cleared in lactophenol, cestodes and acanthocephalans were stained using acetocarmine and haematoxylen, respectively for identification of the parasite species. cryptosporidi...

background and purpose:organic dyes with a complex structure are often toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, non-biodegradation and stable in the environment and if released to the environment without treatment can endanger the environment and human health. the aim was to evaluate the performance nanoscalezero-valent iron (nzvi) in the removal of dye acid red 18 (ar18) from aqueous solutions. materia...

backgroud and purpose: dye is one of the problems of industrial effluent such as textile industries. the dyes can be removed by various methods. therefore, the aim of this study was the evaluation of adsorption rate of reactive red 198 from aqueous solution by activated red mud. materials and methods: this research was a lab study. activated red mud was used as an adsorbent to remove reactive r...

in this study, surface water samples were collected monthly from five stations inclduing nayband bay, assaloye, dayer, kabgan and bushehr from december 2012 to june 2013. sampling stations were chosen according to data being collected during algal bloom caused by cochlodinium polykrikoides in 2008. a total of 45 genera of phytoplankton belongs to four classes were totally identified accounting ...

the pharmacokinetics of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhuepo) administered intravenously has been investigated in a group of five patients with chronic renal failure who were dialysis-dependent. the half-life of circulating erythropoietin decreased from 7.9±oa hr (mean ±so) at the beginning of treatment to 6.2±o.6 hr after 6 weeks and 5a±o.9 hr after 4 months of treatment. in spite of the s...