Background The tolerance of plants against abiotic stresses can be greatly influenced by their interaction with microbes. In lowland rice (Oryza sativa) production, the iron toxicity soils constitutes a major constraint. Although there are tolerant cultivars, mechanisms underlying excess not fully understood. Even less is known about role microbes in response to toxicity. Aim study presented he...

Background: Rhabdomyolysis is one of the major complications of poisoning caused by alcohol, narcotics, and psychotropic substances acute toxicity, which might lead to acute renal failure and even death. This study aimed to evaluate clinical and laboratory findings of rhabdomyolysis syndrome in poisoning patients who were admitted to poisoning ward of Farshchian Hospital of Hamadan, Iran. Meth...

teucrium polium l. (tp) is widely used in traditional medicine of many countries including iran. there are various reports about pharmacological properties of tp such as calcium antagonist, anti- ulcer, anti – diabetic. there are a few reports about possible toxicological effects of this plant. in the present study we designed to evaluate the subchronic toxicity of teucrium polium total extract...

objective(s) ocimum basilicum l. is widely used in folk medicine of many countries including iran. both o. basilicum and its oil extract have received considerable attention for their potential medicinal properties, but there are a few reports about possible toxicity of this plant. therefore, in the present study, acute and subchronic toxicity of o. basilicum hydroalcohlic extract have been eva...

Background: Patients with recurrent or progressive lung cancer experience a significant symptom burden, negatively affecting quality of life and reducing life expectancy. Thoracic re-irradiation can be used for palliative treatment to relieve symptoms or as a curative treatment. Methods: Using patient charts, we identified and reviewed 28 cases that had received palliative thoracic re-irradiati...

BACKGROUND Locally advanced head and neck cancer is generally incurable and has a short survival rate. This study aimed to evaluate symptom relief, disease response, and acute toxicity after palliative hypo-fractionated radiotherapy and long-term survival in affected patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 2011 to December 2011, 80 patients who were histopathologically diagnosed as ha...

BackgroundVolatile anaesthetics are widely used in human medicine. Although generally safe, hypersensitivity and toxicity can occur rare cases, such as certain genetic disorders. Anaesthesia is well-documented a subset of mitochondrial diseases, but whether volatile toxic this setting has not been explored.MethodsWe exposed Ndufs4(−/−) mice, model Leigh syndrome, to isoflurane (0.2–0.6%), oxyge...

Pegagan (Centella asiatica (L.) Urban) is a herbal plant that contain secondary metabolite compounds like phenol and flavonoid. NaCl salinity one of abiotic stress enhanced synthesis some metabolites in plants. This study was investigated the effect to phenolic compound, total flavonoid antioxidant activity pegagan leaves. were treated with five different concentrations, 0 mM (1), 50 (2), 100 (...