conclusions the mtbdrplus and mtbdrsl genotypic testing can serve as useful additional tools for dst in a high-burden country like pakistan provided it is used in combination with phenotypic testing. results the sensitivity of mtbdrplus for isoniazid and rifampicin was found to be 88.8% and 90.2%, respectively, while sensitivity of mtbdrsl for fluoroquinolones, amikacin/capreomycin, and ethambu...

fascioliasis is a worldwide parasitic disease in human and domestic animals. the causative agents of fascioliasis are fasciola hepatica and fasciola gigantica. in the recent years, fasciola resistance to drugs has been reported in the many of publications. fasciola spp has detoxification system including gst enzyme which may be responsible for its resistance. therefore , the aim of the study wa...

angiogenesis or formation of new blood vessels from preexisting vasculature is a key process in some physiological conditions such as wound healing, growth, and action of female reproductive organs. moreover, disturbance of the mechanisms of physiological angiogenesis has a role in pathogenesis of some diseases in the form of overproliferation of blood vessels such as cancers, psoriasis, arthri...

it has been investigated the in vitro antioxidant properties of ethanol extracts of the contained-allantoin plants in this study. contained-allantoined plant samples plantago lanceolata, plantago major, robinia pseudoacacia, platanus orientalis and aesculus hippocastanum were tested at different concentrations. the antioxidant activities of plant samples were analysed by 1,1- diphenyl-2-picrylh...

background and aims: celery mosaic virus (cemv) is one of the causal agents of viral diseases in celery (apium graveolens). cemv is a member of the potyvirus genus in potyviridae family. the virus is naturally transmitted by aphids in a non-persistent manner. during growing season 2006-2007 viral disease symptoms were observed in celery fields grown in tehran province (bage daneshkade, mohamads...

diabetes mellitus is one of the most common causes of neuropathy. although antioxidant and antidiabetic effects of the aqueous extract of purslane (portulaca oleracea) (aeop) have been demonstrated before by other researchers, we did not find any study that assessed the psychobiological effects of aeop in diabetes induced animals. thirty ovariectomized (ovx) female wistar rats were randomly div...

results low concentrations of agnps and short incubation times can have the maximum positive impact on the peroxidase activity, and in the present study the highest activity was seen at a concentration of 40 mg/l and two hours of incubation time. conclusions this study suggests that changes of enzyme activity can occur as a result of the effect of silver nanoparticles on enzyme conformation, in...