BACKGROUND Preterm birth is a leading cause of perinatal mortality and long-term morbidity as well as the long-term health consequences and cognitive outcomes. OBJECTIVE Present study was conducted to determine prevalence and risk factors associated with preterm birth in Ardabil, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS A case control study was conducted between Nov 2010 and July 2011 in all three mater...

Arsenic contamination of tubewell water is a major public-health problem in Bangladesh. In the recent years, the use of shallow and deep tubewell water for irrigation and the use of excess amount of cheap fertilizers and pesticides containing cadmium pose a serious threat of contamination of arsenic and cadmium in food. In an exploratory study, arsenic and cadmium were measured in foods from Ma...

Symplocarpus renifolius and Arum maculatum are known to produce significant heat during the course of their floral development, but they use different regulatory mechanisms, i.e. homoeothermic compared with transient thermogenesis. To further clarify the molecular basis of species-specific thermogenesis in plants, in the present study we have analysed the native structures and expression patter...

Kulit buah mangga (Mangifera indica L.) selama ini belum banyak diketahui khasiat dan manfaatnya dikalangan masyarakat dimana kulitnya dibuang begitu saja. Penelitian terdahulu mengatakan kulit mengandung senyawa aktif penting seperti mangiferin, flavonoid, asam fenol, karotenoid, dietary fibre, beberapa enzim aktif. dilakukan untuk mengetahui kadar flavonoid yang terdapat pada arum manis L var...

BACKGROUND Arum hygrophilum is a traditional medicinal plant indigenous to Jordan. The present study explores its phytochemistry, antioxidative, antidiabesity, and antiproliferative potentialities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Column chromatography and HPLC-MS analysis were used for its phytochemical evaluation. Using leaf crude water and ethanol extracts, the antioxidative capacities, their modulat...

Plants belonging to the genus Arum are being used for nutritional and medicinal purposes for many centuries, despite their toxicity. Few subspecies of this genus were widely investigated by modern research, mainly for potential therapeutic goals and drug discovery. Other subspecies were never studied by current research despite the fact that some of them have known and well documented tradition...