this study was designed to elucidate the effect of ascorbic acid on salivary total antioxidant capacity in smokers. in this single blind crossover clinical trial, the whole unstimulated saliva of 30 smokers, who were randomly divided into two groups, was collected. in the first phase after the saliva collection, one group of patients took 500 mg of vitamin c powder, for 3 weeks. then, saliva of...

several lichen species have been used for medicinal purposes throughout the ages, and they were reported to be effective in the treatment of different disorders including tuberculosis, hemorrhoids, ulcer, dysentery and cancer. it is revealed that they may be easily accessible sources of natural drugs that could be used as a possible food supplement or in pharmaceutical industry after their safe...

background: cornus sanguinea l subsp australis (c.a. mey.) jáv. (cornaceae) is a native species in north and northwest of iran. it is locally named siah-al. the genus cornus is rich source of anthocyanins. objective: in this study the antioxidant activity, total phenol and total anthocyanin contents of different extracts of c. sanguinea l subsp australis. were investigated for the first time. m...

background and objectives: dairy companies always try to increase the quantity and quality of milk production. according to the positive impact of different plants on milk production of cattle, this study was carried out to standardize a galactogogue herbal mixture based on its total phenol and flavonol contents and antioxidant activity.  methods: a mixture of galega officinalis l. and nigella ...

A total coloring of a graph G=(V,E) is an assignment colors to vertices and edges such that neither two adjacent nor incident get the same color, and, for each edge, end-points edge itself receive different colors. Any valid induces partition elements G into matchings, which are defined as subsets can take color. In this paper, we propose Integer Linear Programming models both Total Coloring Ma...