background and objectives:drimia maritima (l.) stearn also known as squill is a medicinally important plant that has been used for various ailments such as dropsy, respiratory disorders, jaundice and epilepsy from ancient times. proscillaridin a is identified as one of the most effective compounds in the plant with remarkable pharmacological features including efficacy against congestive heart ...

objective(s) a sensitive liquid chromatographic method for the analysis of clarithromycin- a macrolide antibiotic- in human serum, using pre-column derivatization with 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate (fmoc-cl) is described. materials and methods the method involved liquid-liquid extraction of the drug and an internal standard (amantadine) followed by pre-column derivatization of the analytes wi...

5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-hmf) is known as an indicator of quality deterioration in a wide range of foods. the current study covered 70 samples taken from domestically produced foods and drinks available on the iranian markets (including honey, jam, fruit cakes tomato paste, ketchup, syrup, fruit juice, canned fruit, uht milk, instant coffee and jelly powder). hmf levels were determined using ...

the present study was aimed to develop and validate a high performace liquid chromatography method for determination of thiocolchicoside and dexketoprofen trometamol in combined dosage form. the proposed hplc method utilizes an agilent eclipse c-8 column (5 µm, 250×4.6 mm) at ambient temperature. a 23 full factorial design was performed for optimization of mobile phase for separation of two dru...

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...

carotenoids are red, orange and yellow pigments, which are widely distributed in fruit and vegetables. the aim of this research is to investigate the effect of conventional, high pressure and microwave cooking on the concentrations of β-carotene in carrot and sweet corn. raw carrots were washed, peeled and diced to a uniform size and then frozen at -70°c. sweet corn was also provided in a simil...

separation of ten sedative- hypnotic drugs was performed by rp-hplc using mixed micellar mobile phase. effect of temperature, type and amount of organic modifier in mobile phase on efficiency (n) and asymmetry factor (b/a) showed that, the appropriate conditions for a good separation were 35°c and 7% (v/v) butanol in mobile phase.  variations of selectivity factor versus butanol concentration, ...

purpose: to evaluate total plasma homocysteine level during the acute phase of central retinal vein occlusion (crvo) compared with a matched healthy group in iranian population, and determine whether hyperhomocysteinemia is also a risk factor for crvo. methods: a study group contains 54 patients presenting with crvo in recent one month, acute phase of the decease, was compared for fasting total...

background : doogh is a fermented beverage in which microbial spoilage is possible. benzoic acid and its salt (sodium benzoate) are added to doogh as antimicrobial preservative to control microbial spoilage. however, the use of this preservative has been prohibited in milk and dairy products such as food and drug administrationand institute of standards and industrial research of iran. thus, th...