background: acute methanol poisoning is one of the most important chemical poisoning due to drinking of illegal and handmade alcoholic beverages in iran. the aim of this study was to evaluate clinical and biochemical parameters as prognostic factor in acute methanol poisoning. methods: a retrospective study was performed on acute methanol poisoning cases admitted to the loghman hakim hospital p...

background: salt content and ph degree are the quality indicators of bread which their unauthorized levels may have harmful effects on body health. accordingly, this survey was carried out to evaluate ph and salt contents in bread samples produced in mashhad, iran. methods: totally 708 bread samples (340 loaves of lavash, 183 loaves of taftun, 139 loaves of barbari and 46 loaves of sangak bread...

abstract salinity is one of the major abiotic challenges influencing plant productivity worldwide. to examine the response of two alfalfa cultivars (bami and hamedani) to six levels of water salinity (0, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125 mm l-1 nacl), a glasshouse experiment was conducted at the college of agriculture, shiraz university, shiraz, iran in 2008. the results showed that in bami (which appeared...

background: consistency, backing process and content differences could influence cariogenic potential of foods. the aim was to compare plaque ph changes following consumption of two types of bread with different physical characteristics. methods: in this clinical trial, interproximal plaque ph of 10 volunteers with high risk of dental caries (saliva streptococcus mutans > 10 5 , high dental car...