Stelleropsis genus belongs to Thymelaeaceae and has two species in Iran of which S. iranica Pobed. subsp. Iranica Bonge (aerial parts) were collected from the North-East of Iran and extracted with AcOEt and MeOH, consequently. The main phenolic compounds were isolated by different chromatography methods and the structures identified by spectroscopic methods (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, HMBC, HMQC, H-H COS...

The chemical constituents of the essential oil of Ruta graveolens L. from aerial parts collected from Iran were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The oil yield of the dried plant obtained by hydrodistillation was 0.4% (v/w). Nineteen compounds, representing for 95.2% of the oil, were identified. The main classes of compounds were found to be ketons(46.6%) and sesquiterpenoids (13.3%) and monoterpenoids...

BACKGROUND Dirofilaria immitis is an important parasite in dog and other carnivores. Our objective was study on incidence and periodicity of heartworm in north of Iran and using other methods for its diagnosis in addition to Parasitology exam. METHODS This survey spanned two years, between 2006 and 2008. Blood samples were collected from 431 stray dogs distributed along north of Iran, the coa...

This article provides an annotated catalog of the Symphypleona and Neelipleona (Hexapoda: Collembola) Iran based on published literature specimens recently collected from three different ecosystems in North Khorasan province (Forest, Rangeland, Agricultural) years 2018 2019. Thirty-five species seven families 17 genera are listed. Among them, Megalothorax minimus Bourletiella sp. recorded for f...

CONFLICT OF INTEREST NONE DECLARED. INTRODUCTION The study of the scientific evidence citation production by famous databases of the world is one of the important indicators to evaluate and rank the universities. The study at investigating the scientific production of Northern Iran Medical Sciences Universities in Scopus from 2005 through 2010. METHOD This survey used scientometrics techniq...

AIM This study was proposed for estimation of survival time in patients with stomach adenocarcinoma. BACKGROUND North of Iran has a high mortality rate of stomach adenocarcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study was historical cohort. The samples were the patients with stomach adenocarcinoma referred to Tooba Clinic between three years (2007-2010). Survival estimates were calculated using the...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Tuberculosis (TB) poses a serious threat to public health throughout the world but disproportionately afflicts low-income nations. The aim of this study is to identify the high-risk areas in Mazandaran province (northern Iran) in helping the heath programmer for the best intervention. MATERIALS & METHODS This is an ecological study conducted from 1999 through 2008. The ...

BACKGROUND Human Echinostomiasis is an intestinal disease caused by the members of family Echinostomatidae parasites. The aim of present research was to identify echinostomatidae cercariae emitted by Lymnaea palustris snails from Mazandaran province in the north of Iran based on the morphological and morphometrical characteristics of the different stages of experimental parasite life cycle. M...