objective: grape virus diseases are a serious problem in iran. leaves and fruits of grape have been used for different purposes like cooking in iran. the present investigation was carried out to study on the cytotoxic-activities of extracts of fruits and leaves of vitis vinifera from both virus-free and virus-infected grape cultivars against breast cancer cell line (mda-mb-231) and human embryo...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of lime application on the mass and sugar losses reduction from 2004 to 2005 in karaj. four lime concentrations of 0, 3, 4 and 5 percent (factor a) and storage durations of 30 and 60 days (factor b) were arranged as factorial experiment in rcbd with four replications. the commercial variety of shirin was drilled in early may and storage roots w...

haft-peykar (or bahram-nameh) is the fourth nizami’s verse composition in terms of time and one of his masterpieces besides his khosrow and shirin. haft-peykar consists of two general parts: the first part is about bahram and his life and the second one is about the stories of his seven wives. the structure of the book makes it possible to be criticized through a formalistic approach. the chara...

increasing pressure of stressors along with anxiety and depression reduce the human being’s ability to deal with simple issues of life. women who are often facing with stressful situations are more fragile and vulnerable than men. the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of sahaja-yoga mindfulness exercises on reducing stress, anxiety and depression in women with stress, a...

since eighth century, much attention has been given by painters on khamseh works due its romantic and lyric stories. female is a heroine or she has a significant role in most of khamseh works, that show its contributions on nezamis works. unlike common negative view about women in society, nezami considered a high social level for them. in the different periods these stories, especially lily an...

mithraism and zoroastrianism, the ancient iranian religions, are rooted in the culture of this country; consequently, their reflections are vividly evident in persian literature. the prominent iranian poet nizami ganjavi utilized these cults allegorically and symbolically in his two prominent versified stories of haft paikar, and khosro and shirin. this paper aims at discussing the primary samp...

in order to study the trend of bnyvv concentrations during growing season, 6 cultivars including dorohtea, laetitia(as resistant cultivars), zarghan (as a tolerant cultivar), shirin (as a susceptible cultivar), f2-93 (an f2 population with 75 % rz2 gene) and bc1-261-99 (a population with 25% rz2 gene) were used. the cultivars were planted in split plot based on a randomized complete block desig...

Epidemiological and experimental carcinogenesis studies provide evidence that components of garlic (Allium sativum) have anticancer activity. We recently reported that the garlic derivative S-allylmercaptocysteine (SAMC) inhibits growth, arrests cells in G(2)-M, and induces apoptosis in human colon cancer cells (Shirin et al., Cancer Res., 61: 725-731, 2001). Because a fraction of the SAMC-trea...

pomegranate is native to subtropical regions of iran. losses of horticultural products are a major problem in the postharvest chain. in this experiment, six different wrapping (polyethylene and paper covering), chemical (calcium chloride and wax) and thermal (4 °c and outdoor) treatments were applied on the fruits of pomegranate cv shirin kolbad and some physicochemical properties were measured...

study area is located in the central kopehdagh north of bojnurd and shirvan cities, between kakli and raz villages. aim of this research is separating high activity area from low activity. in this study, in order to evaluate rate of tectonic activity, stream length-gradient index (sl), ratio of valley floor width to valley height (vf), transverse topographic system (t), hypsometric integral (hi...