objective: pinus eldarica (p. eldarica) is one of the most common pines in iran which has various bioactive constituents and different uses in traditional medicine. since there is no documented evidence for p. eldarica safety, the acute and sub-acute oral toxicities of hydroalcoholic extract of p. eldarica bark were investigated in male and female wistar rats in this study. materials and method...

the colorado potato beetle, leptinotarsa decemlineata say (col.: chrysomelidae) is an important pest of potato worldwide and study of its glucosidases is an important step to develop appropriate pest control strategies. in this study, some biochemical aspects of β-glucosidase in the colorado potato beetle were determined. the results showed that β-glucosidase activity in the midgut of adults wa...

the effect of genotype and sex of nigerian indigenous chickens (dwarf, fulani ecotypes, neck, frizzle and normal feathered) on blood serum electrolytes and biochemical parameters were investigated using 40 chickens. the collected data were subjected to analysis via a 2 way anova. the results revealed serum levels of sodium, potassium, chloride, uric acid, glucose, total protein, creatinin, albu...

euphorbia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family euphorbiaceae. consisting of 2008 species. the genus euphorbia produces an irritant, which constitute a health hazard to humans and livestock. the genus euphorbia is one of the largest and most complex genera of flowering plants, however, several botanists have made unsuccessful attempts to subdivide it to smaller genera.  many eu...

background: bradford protein assay is popular due to its ease of performance and relative sensitivity. many researchers and laboratories in iran use standard assay of bradford by cuvette. no commercial kit was available for bradford microplate assay in iran. meanwhile, imported bradford commercial kits are very expensive and have a long delivery time in iran. till now no study or document on br...

background: our study aimed to determine if alteration of metabolic parameters is associated with the severity of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection, progress to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids), or with the type of antiretroviral treatment (art).materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study among 114 hiv infected patients, we measured hematological and biochemical parame...

background: basic science studies evaluation is important feature for an effective implementation of diabetes research and funding policy. this study aimed to provide an evaluation of diabetes basic research output up to 2015 in iran. methods: data were retrieved from scientific search engine including pubmed, web of science, scopus as well as iranian science databases including sid, iranmedex,...