objective(s): this study was performed to investigate the effects of mucosal acidification on mrna expression and protein synthesis of cystathionine gamma lyase (cse), cystathionine beta synthase (cbs), and mucosal release of h2s in gastric mucosa in rats. materials and methods:thirty-two rats were randomly assigned into 4 groups (8 in each), including: the control group, hcl (10 mm) treated gr...

background: seaweeds contain significant quantities of lipids, protein, vitamins and minerals. aquavac ergosan contains 1% alginic acid extracted from two brown seaweeds, laminaria digitata and ascophyllum nodosum. both in vivo and in-vitro researches have mainly been focused on the effect of ergosan on fish growth, survival rate, reproductive performance and innate immunity in blood and epider...

background: turkey, especially the northern part of it, was one of the countries which were contaminated by the chernobyl accident.  rize is a city located in the northeastern district of turkey which was heavily influenced by the chernobyl nuclear accident. materials and methods: in this study, the activity concentrations of natural (226ra, 232th, 40k) and artificial (137cs) were measurements ...

background: a new biological dosimeter based on methemoglobin level was developed in this study. materials and methods: methemoglobin level in erythrocytes from mice subjected to γ rays from a 60co source was detected using the methemoglobin kit. the dose range was from 0.5 to 8 gy and the dose rate was 0.5 gy/min. results: the results demonstrate that methemoglobin level increases with increas...

the nasal cavity possesses many advantages as a site for drug delivery, such as, ease of administration, applicability for long term treatments and a large surface area for absorption. one important limiting factor for nasal drug delivery is the limited time available for absorption within the nasal cavity due to mucociliary clearance. several drug delivery systems including different kinds of ...

tuberculosis pericarditis as a potentially fatal complication of tuberculosis requires effective diagnosis and treatment. we evaluated the efficacy of interferon-gamma (ifn-gamma) and adenosine deaminase (ada) for diagnosing tuberculosis pericarditis in a cohort of iranian patients presenting with pericarditis. we enrolled 38 patients with presentation of pericarditis. all patients underwent di...

Gamma tocopherol content of 7 Iranian sesame seeds (sesamum indicum L.) was determined by high performance liquid chromatography using C8 column and methanol, water and butanol as mobile phase. The gamma-tocopherol content varied from 563 to 1095 mg/kg in oil and 293 to 569 mg/kg in sesame seed and was in broad agreement with the Codex range. A large variation was found in the concentration of ...

Let $G$ be a finite group and $Gamma(G)$ the prime graph of $G$‎. ‎Recently people have been using prime graphs to study simple groups‎. ‎Naturally we pose a question‎: ‎can we use prime graphs to study almost‎ ‎simple groups or non-simple groups? In this paper some results in‎ ‎this respect are obtained and as follows‎: ‎$Gcong S_p$ if and only‎ ‎if $|G|=|S_p|$ and $Gamma(G)=Gamma(S_p)$‎, ‎whe...