Studying the plasma steroid profile offers information about the possible existence of endocrinological alterations. This study describes the development and validation of gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric and gas tandem mass spectrometric methods for the simultaneous identification of 17 steroid hormones in human plasma using five different solvents. The n-hexane/ethyl acetate solvent mix...

fungi release wide spectrum of volatile organic compounds (vocs) that belong to several chemical groups with different biochemical origins such as monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, alcohols, aldehydes, aromatic compounds, esters, furans, ketones, sulfur and nitrogen compounds. trichoderma species are the most studied fungal biocontrol agents and are successfully used as biofungicides and biofertili...

background and aim: tanacetum parthenium l. is herbaceous perennial medicinal plant belonging to the asteraceae family. feverfew is used as an analgesic, housing, fever-lowering, anti-rheumatism and migraines in traditional medicine. the most important active ingredient of the herb is essential oil. variation on genetic and environmental conditions play a major role in the growth, development, ...

background: thymus daenensis celak. is one of the medicinal plants which cultivated in iran. this plant involve high amount of polyphenols including thymol and carvacrol, which were reported to possess the high antioxidant activity. objective: antioxidative activity (aoa) and chemical constituents of thymus daenensis essential oil (tdeo) were examined. also, the effect of thermal treatments (80...

abstract the genus hymenocrater, belong to the lamiaceae family, consist of 21 species throughout the world. in iran, about 9 species are present, of which some are endemic. plants belonging to these genuses are pharmacologically active and have been used in folk medicine all around the world. the aim of the present study was to detect the essential oils composition of hymenocrater longiflorus ...

mulberry pyralid, glyphodes pyloalis walker is an important pest on mulberry. the essential oil of rosemary rosemarinus officinalis l. (lamiales: lamiaceae) has been investigated on toxicity and physiological characteristics of this moth under controlled conditions. the major compounds of the oil were analyzed as 1, 8 cineol (20.021%), borneol (7.17%), camphor (6.541%), geraniol (6.281%), camph...

chamomile is a medicinal plant with high economic value. in this research, 20 chamomile ecotypes collected from different regions of iran were evaluated for genetic and chemical diversity. dna was extracted by ctab and polymerase chain reaction was performed using 13 rapd markers. essential oils extraction was performed by water distillation using clevenger system. components of the essential o...

For the quantitative analysis of phthalates in polymers, a thermal desorption (TD)-GC-MS method was compared with solvent extraction (SE)-GC-MS methods which require the long pretreatment procedures using large amount of harmful organic solvents. Calibration curves of TD-GC-MS showed good linearity (r(2)>0.9997) and low method detection limit (<30mg/kg with 9.0% RSD). Quantification results for...