background: it has been proposed that oxidative stress plays an important role in male infertility. the aims of this study were to compare seminal plasma levels of 15-f2t-isoprostane (8-iso-pgf2?), malondialdehyde (mda), and total (sum of free and bound) homocysteine (thcy) in normozoospermic vs. asthenozoospermic men, and to examine the relationships between thcy and lipid peroxidation product...

two simple visible spectrophotometric methods are developed and validated for the quantification of modafinil using 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulphonic acid (nqs method) and 2,4-dinitrophenol (dnp method) as analytical reagents. the nqs method involves the reaction of modafinil with 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulphonate in alkaline medium at room conditions to form a yellow colored product exhibiting maxi...

objective: several studies have implicated the 5-httlpr polymorphism in treatment outcomes of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors in patients with major depression. the aim of this study was to examine the association between polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene and citalopram effectiveness in iranian patients suffering from major depressive disorder (mdd). methods: the sample co...

in this research, nanoporous silica (sba-15) was physically functionalized using2-(2-nitrobenzylideneamino) guanidine compound. this functionalized sba-15 was utilized as a new sorbentfor separation and preconcentration of some lanthanide ions. inductively coupled plasma optical emissionspectrometry (icp-oes) was used as a detection technique. the preconcentration factor of the method is 100and...

polyacrylonitril (pan)-supported chitosan (cs) nanocomposite membranes were prepared by cross-linking the cs with 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane (apteos) via sol-gel method. pervaporative performances of the cs-sio2/pan membrane for dehydration of aqueous alcohol solutions were investigated. from sem cross-sectional images of the membrane, the spongy pores and the finger-like pores were found in...

objective(s): hyperthermia is one of the most common environmental stressors that affect multi-biological systems in the body including the central nervous system as well as the hematopoietic organs. the objective of the present study was to investigate the protective role of ethanolic extract of propolis (eep) on some selective stress markers, hematological, biochemical, and histopathological ...

in this work, an optical sensor for detection of ascorbic acid is described. the sensor is fabricated by casting and spin-coating silica sol-gel doped with 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol on the glass plates. the sols are in turn obtained by acidic hydrolysis of various precursors such as tetraethoxysilane, triethoxymethylsilane and triethoxyoctylsilane in the presence of 2,6-dichlorophenol indop...

background: pre-eclampsia (pe) is one of the most important and life-threatening pregnancy disorders that affect at least 3-5% of all pregnancies. imbalance in helper t cell functions may play a role in predisposing to pe or severity of the disease. elevated frequencies of th17 cells in the peripheral blood of pe patients have been reported. several single nucleotide polymorphisms (snp) within ...