Gamma rays are an inextricable part of a nuclear reactor’s radiation field, and as such require characterization for dose rate estimations required the protection personnel, material choices, design facilities. Most commonplace transport codes used shielding calculations only included prompt neutron induced component emitted gamma rays. The relative amount that from delayed processes – fraction...

India is a land with deep-rooted value system. Exhibiting the trends associated being ‘true Indian’, R.K. Narayan, who celebrated as pure and simple writer, affirms values of life reposes faith in moral order his novels. At time when he started writing, Indian society underwent sea change. Social reformers intellectuals were busy redefining image an woman. Narayan also felt pressure prevalent i...

objective(s): quinolinic acid (qa)-mediated excitotoxicity has been widely used as a model for studying neurodegenerative disorders. recent studies suggested that saffron (crocus sativus) or its active metabolite, i.e. safranal, exerts pharmacological actions on central nervous system including anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, and neuroprotective properties. the present study aimed to investigate th...

objective(s) anti-helicobacter pylori effects of saffron (crocus sativus l., iridacea) and its major constituents, crocin and safranal, were evaluated. materials and methods macerated aqueous and methanol extracts tested against 45 clinical isolates of helicobacter pylori, using paper disc diffusion method (ddm) on modified egg yolk emulsion agar (eye agar). four antibiotics also tested against...

objective: inflammation is one of the major components of asthma. our aim was to evaluate the effects of c. sativus extract on total and differential white blood cells (wbc) count in lung lavage fluid (llf) of ovalbumin-sensitized rats. materials and methods: forty rats were divided into five groups (n = 8 for each group) as control (c), sensitized with injection and inhalation of ovalbumin (oa...

as an aromatic and colorful plant of substantive taste, saffron (crocus sativus l.) owes such properties of matter to growing class of the secondary metabolites derived from the carotenoids, apocarotenoids. regarding the critical role of micrornas in secondary metabolic synthesis and the limited number of identified mirnas in c. sativus, on the other hand, one may see the point how the characte...

Szafran (Croccus sativus L.) to wyjątkowa roślina, ceniona na całym świecie. Uznawana za jedną z najdroższych i najszlachetniejszych przypraw. Właściwości szafranu znali już starożytni, którzy nie tylko dodawali szafran do dań napitków, barwili nim tkaniny, ale także stosowali go w celach prozdrowotnych. Roślina ta jest doskonałym środ-kiem wspomagającym trawienie, poprawiającym nastrój apetyt....