candida species are the most common cause of opportunistic fungal infection worldwide. due to increasing resistance of fungi against conventional drugs, as well as their side effects, alternative natural products have become a renewed interest. in the current study, the anti-candida activities of scrophularia striata extract were examined. in this experimental study, microdilution assay and wel...

Channa striatus (“haruan”) fish destined for fillet preparation was subjected to two freezing treatments, freezing with distilled water (FW) or freezing directly without distilled water (DF). Fish that was freshly processed without freezing served as control (C). Fillet yield (%) was in the range 33.8% to 35.3% and the highest yield was recorded in FW samples. Whole Fillet Powder (WFP) was prep...

hydroalcoholic extract of pycnocycla spinosa was shown to have spasmolytic action in vitro and antidiarrhoeal effect in vivo . the hydroalcoholic extract of p. spinosa is composed of alkaloid, flavonoid and saponin components. alkaloid fraction of p. spinosa contains the most active constituents. therefore, the aim of this research was to separate different fractions of alkaloid extract of p. s...

nowadays, using natural preservatives than synthetic ones is increasing. the present study was aimed to compare the effect of thyme (zataria multiflora boiss), onion (allium cepa) and ziziphora clinopodioides extracts on shelf-life extending of rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss) salted, vacuum packaged fillet, kept at 4°c. for this purpose fish filets were kept in 4 treatment: salted in brine ...