the main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of enterococci isolated from traditional lighvan cheese on the quality of iranian uf white during ripening. four samples of cheese were provided from four different cheese production units in lighvan region. strains of enterococci in these samples were isolated by standard microbiological methods and selective medium of kanamycin es...

the suppression of color is a common mood in the far eastern aesthetic experience, which is best represented by the brush-ink chinese painting. influenced by the taoist and confucian philosophical doctrines, it reflects the traditional principles of loneliness, poverty, and simplicity. visualizing the chinese traditional dualism, the black and white system goes beyond an artistic style and rese...

nowadays, plants have been considered as powerful agents for treatment of disorders regarding to their traditional use. in iranian traditional medicine (itm), plants have a special role in the treatment of various diseases. burns with their devastating outcomes have been discussed in itm as well. in the present study, a polyherbal ointment (pho), retrieved from itm, was formulated for burn heal...

With these words, Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, while launching the Year of Indigenous Peoples at Redfern Park in Sydney in December 1992, officially acknowledged that in the process of colonization, white Australia had denied generations of Aboriginal children their most precious and fundamental right-that of a mother's love and family's care. He further stressed that the starting po...

calotropis procera is a small, erect plant, which is used in several traditional medicines to treat many diseases. it is a native of most of the asian and african countries. all plant parts exude thick white milky juice (latex) on cut or break. this shrub has been known to possess analgesic, antitumor, antihelmintic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, antidiarrhoeal, anticonvulsant, antimicrobial, ...

Background: Probiotics and especially Lactobacilli are among the most important components widely used in food technology. Isolation and characterization of indigenous probiotics should be performed in native populations. OBJECTIVES: In order to isolate lactobacillus spp. from Iranian traditional Lighvan cheese to be used as starters, 15 cheese samples were randomly selected and tested for tech...

Background. Virtual chromoendoscopy is an imaging technology that helps in better visualizing the gastrointestinal tract effectively. Recently, the flexible imaging color enhancement (FICE) technique developed by Fijifilm has been considered an alternative to traditional dye spraying. This results in a clearer visualization of the vascular patterns than through the traditional white light endos...

Calotropis procera is a small, erect plant, which is used in several traditional medicines to treat many diseases. It is a native of most of the Asian and African countries. All plant parts exude thick white milky juice (latex) on cut or break. This shrub has been known to possess analgesic, antitumor, antihelmintic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, antidiarrhoeal, anticonvulsant, antimi...