the present study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of a hetroalkyl oximec synthetic compoundderivative (benzophenone o-4-bromoethyl oxime) against two gram positive and three gram negative bacteria.the antibacterial characteristic of this compound was shown using the circular zone diameter of bacterial growthinhibition by disk-diffusion method. in addition, the random amplified poly...

Introduction: Drug abuse among adolescents potentially holds several negative consequences for the health and well-being of the youth. This theoretically based study explained predictability of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) on drug abuse related behaviors among adolescents. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Yazd City, Iran, in 2015 among 125 male adolescents in the age ...

mucoadhesive polymers that bind to the gastric mucin or epithelial cell surface are useful in drug delivery for the purpose of increasing the intimacy and duration of contact of drug with the absorbing membrane. several synthetic polymers are in use for this purpose. since the biodegradability of the synthetic polymers are questionable, in this investigation, an oral mucoadhesive controlled del...