abstract background: herbal distillates have been used for many centuries as drinks, flavors, and herbal medicine in iran, especially in the city of urmia. recently, some studies claimed the presence of methanol in different types of herbal distillates. methanol is a highly toxic compound which can cause acute or chronic toxicity in humans. acute poisoning with methanol can cause different comp...

Sterols due to their properties might be considered as valuable products to be employed in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Vegetable oils, namely canola, soyabean and sunflower seed oils, contain considerable quantities of phytosterols, mainly β–sitosterol. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of refining operations, particularly deodorization on this valuable class...

background stomatitis is a disturbing side-effect of chemotherapy that disturbs patients and causes difficulties in patient’s drinking, eating and talking, and may results in infection and bleeding. objectives this study aimed to investigate the effect of yarrow distillate in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced stomatitis. patients and methods rapy-induced oral stomatitis referred to shahid b...

It is EHPs stated editorial policy to serve as a forum for discussion of issues of environmental health, encouraging the expression of scientific opinion and fostering healthy scientific debate. Your editorial policy states that "all scientific articles are subject to rigorous peer review. The primary criteria are environmental significance and scientific quality." Based on these criteria , it ...

Background: Iranian borage, Echium amoenum, is believed to improve reproduction according to folk medicine. Although E. amoenum distillate known as “Aragh Gav-zaban” is widely consumed as a safe and natural remedy, its possible effects on fertility have not yet been scientifically examined. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of borage distillate (BD) on reproductive parameters o...

1. Introductory Remarks 2. Evaporation Processes 3. Multi-stage Flash Desalination Process 4. Seawater Supply System 5. Seawater Recirculation System 6. Feed Water System 7. Brine Blowdown System 8. Vacuum Raising and Maintaining System 9. Brine Recirculation System 10. Anti-scale Dosing System 11. Condensate Flow from Brine Heater System 12. Distillate System 13. Plant Loading Glossary Bibliog...

Appropriate statistical techniques were used to study the influence of different aging conditions on the furanic aldehyde contents of a number of brandies. Some of these conditions (presence or absence of caramel, wood type, state of the barrel, length of maturation) affected the concentrations of furfural and 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural in the distillate, and these compounds cannot therefore be ...

BACKGROUND Pseudoallergic reactions (PARs) against both additives and natural foods have been reported to elicit chronic urticaria, but in natural food the responsible ingredients are largely unknown. OBJECTIVE The study was aimed at identifying novel pseudoallergens in food and focused on evaluating tomatoes, white wine, and herbs as frequently reported food items eliciting wheal responses i...