Background: Hyperlipidemia is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by an excess of lipids in the bloodstream Objective: Given previous studies on barberry and Melissa officinalis extracts, this study aims at comparing hypolipidemic activities of Melissa officinalis extract and Berberis vulgaris. Methods: For the purpose of this study, 64 Wistar rats were selected and divided into...

Abstract This paper is based on a project of developing small and medium-sized enterprises in South Khorasan, Iran. A combination multiple criteria decision making robust multi-objective optimization used for prioritizing industrial clusters optimally assigning governmental funds. First, evaluating are weighted using the best-worst method prioritized VIKOR method. Second, funding assigned to hi...

introduction: the purpose of this work was to study the ability of mri normoxic polymer gel dosimetry for evaluating the dose distribution in hdr brachytherapy of esophagial cancer at imam reza brachytherapy center (mashhad, iran). materials and methods: initially, 2liters of normoxic gel (magic) was fabricated and then poured into 12 calibration test tubes and placed in a perspex walled phanto...

introduction: many people are used medicinal plants due to natural, low risks and complications, and low costs as compared with the synthetic drugs. incidence of drug resistance against chemical antimicrobial drugs has led the use of medicinal plants for treatment of infections in recent years. the aim of this study was to examine possible antibacterial effects of four herbal plants in vitro.  ...

In the study, determination of optimal conditions for anthocyanin extraction from dried fruit barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.) was aimed. For this purpose, solvent method used. The present investigation carried out to different such as solvents (ethanol and 2% hydrochloric acid, acetic acid citric acid), concentration ethanol (20-80%), suitable (1-4%), temperature (30-60 oC), time (60-240 min) r...