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...

conclusions potent antifungal activity, make this plant an effective replacement treatment for fungal infections or fungal strains that are resistance to synthetic antifungals. results thirty-two components were identified in vitex agnus-castus eo. the main compound was alpha-pinene (19.48%). the total phenolic content of eo was determined as 82.26 ± 5.94 mg gallic acid equivalent (gae)/g eo. t...

the current study aimed to investigate the status of harakat journal from its first volume (summer, 1378, no. 1) to the last one (winter, 1368). descriptive research method was used. the statistical population included 338 published papers in 34 harakat journals, and the statistical sample was equal to the statistical population. the data analysis identified 338 papers (average of 9.94) for eac...

conclusions this study revealed that the administration of 600 μg of intravenous se immediately before induction of anesthesia was safe, but when compared to a placebo, no predominant clinical effects or modifications in the systemic inflammatory response induced by on-pump cabg were observed. results data from a total of 81 patients were analyzed: group s (n = 41) and group c (n = 40). there w...

interleukin-8 (il-8) is a well-known inflammatory chemokine and suggested to be involved in the development of acne vulgaris. this study investigates il-8 plasma levels in acne patients and healthy controls and the molecular basis for the regulation of the il-8 gene in a pakistani population.patients with acne vulgaris (n=264) and healthy individuals (n=264) were enrolled in this investigation....

the one-pot, multi-component synthesis of 4,4′-(arylmethylene)bis(1h-pyrazol-5-ols) by tandem knoevenagel-michael reaction of phenylhydrazine, ethyl acetoacetate and aldehydes in the presence of silica-bonded n-propylpiperazine sulfamic acid (sbppsa) as a recyclable solid acid catalyst was reported. sbppsa showed much the same efficiency when used in consecutive reaction runs.

phosphorus (p) is one a nutrient elements for plant growth. in most soils has complex behavior and forms sparingly soluble compounds with soil particles. phosphorus bioavailability can be controlled by soil biological activities for optimum nutrition of plants. this study was carried out in order to isolation of p-solubilizing bacteria (psb) as well as p-solubilizing fungi (psf) and their scree...

conclusions considering the strong historical background about the therapeutic potential of the genus hypericum and the considerable cytotoxic and apoptosis induction ability of hypericum scabrum, this species is suggested for future biological studies. results di-chloromethane fraction demonstrated ic50 values of 25.72 μg/ml and 24.73 μg/ml against ht-29 and hepg-2 cell lines, respectively and...