PURPOSES The aim of the present study was to examine whether a replacement diet with products made with organic ancient khorasan wheat could provide additive protective effects in reducing glucose, insulin, lipid and inflammatory risk factors, and in restoring blood redox balance in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients compared to diet with product made with modern organic wheat. METHODS ...

None (In the course of studies about fungi associated with pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) die-back disease in the Ghaen region of south Khorasan (Iran), one species of Geosmithia was found. The isolates were identified as Geosmithia lavendula (Raper & Fennel I) Pitt based on its morphological and molecular properties. The genus Geosmithia (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) is belonging to mitosporic filame...

Raisin Concentrate (RC) are the most important products obtained in the raisin processing industries. These RC products are now used to make the syrups, drinks and confectionery productions and introduced as natural substitute for sugar in food applications. Iran is a one of the biggest raisin exporter in the world but unfortunately despite a good raw material, no serious effort to extract the ...

abstract squamata or scaled reptiles are the largest order of new reptiles including lizards, snakes and amphisbaenia. they have formed 95 precent of new reptiles. our goal is lizard biodiversity of torbat-e heydaryeh in razavi khorasan province. the study of lizards biodiversity of torbat-e heydaryeh in razavi khorasan province was carried out in 2012 until 2013. in this research 132 specimens...

BACKGROUND Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is an acute febrile haemorrhagic disease. This study was conducted to ascertain the infection status amongst slaughterhouse workers in Iran's north-eastern provinces (Razavi and northern and southern Khorasan), so that analysis of the results could help clarification of the epidemiology of this disease in the aforementioned provinces and eastern...

gain of enough knowledge on how to reduce mechanical damages is indispensable in developing fresh fruit handling as well as post harvest systems. this research was performed to determine and compare the susceptibility of five apple varieties to impact loads in khorasan region. five apple varieties of khorasan region (aroos, abbasi, yellow lobnani, red lobnani and golshahi) were loaded by two im...

after its conquest, khorasan came under the administration of the islamic caliphate and found particular importance due to its possession of natural resources and its location on the international trade route. the region excelled in local industries, agricultural products and the transition of eastern goods, and used to provide the required resources of islamic states. some of the policies of t...

wood mice of the genus apodemus are widespread in temperate areas of the palaearctic region. dental shape variation and morphological differences among three species of apodemus (a. witherbyi, a. hyrcanicus, a. uralensis) were investigated using outline-based geometric morphometrics of the second upper molar (m2/) and a morphological study of 92 museum specimens belonging to five populations of...