background and objectives: thermophilic bacteria are less studied but important group of microorganisms due to their ability to produce industrial enzymes. materials and methods: in this study, thermophilic bacteria were isolated from hot spring of tarabalo, india. a bacterium that could tolerate high temperatures was characterized by morphology, biochemistry and sequencing of its 16s rrna gene...

carboxymethyl cellulose (cmc)-polyvinyl alcohol (pvoh) blend film, containing 0-10% cellulose nanowhiskers (cnw), was produced through casting method, while physical properties of the films being investigated. cmc-pvoh-cnw nanocomposites, were prepared with a diluted suspension of cellulose nanowhiskers. nanowhiskers suspension was prepared through acid hydrolysis of cotton linter by sulfuric a...

the cross-border symposium on hepatitis c, entitled “why treating now?” was held on 15th may 2013 during the 5th international tehran hepatitis congress. the present report summarizing communicated insights during this symposium is intended to help health care providers to make well-informed decisions when treating patients with chronic hepatitis c (chc). since today’s evolving science of hepat...

background: determination of digestive enzymes activity would provide critical information in the design of appropriate diet. sobaity, sparidentex hasta is found in the persian gulf and  cultured in countries adjacent to it. objectives: this study investigated proteolytic, amylase and lipase activities in the intestine of sparidentex hasta captured from the  persian gulf. methods: 60 immature s...

Background and Aims: Human lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) causes various diseases such as adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraperesis (HAM / TSP) in humans. The main goal of this study is to compare Iranian protease subtypes structure of this virus (HTLV-1) to samples collected from other part of world in order to understand their diff...

this study is devoted to the morphological, chemical and physical characterization of raw material of the fruit of luffa cylindrica. by microscopic analysis, it can be observed that the fruit is composed of an assembly of dependent cords, where four parts are differentiated: external, internal wall, core and bond. each cord consists of hollow and flexible cylindrical fibers.the external part is...

TiCl4/nano-cellulose as a biodegradable and eco-friendly Lewis acid catalyst was synthesized via reaction of nano-cellulose and TiCl4. This catalyst was characterized and used for synthesis of asymmetric highly functionalized tetrahydropyridines via a five-component condensation reaction of p-substituted anilines, aldehydes and ethyl acetoacetate under solvent-free condition. Simple methodology...

in recent years, great efforts have been devoted to the design of drug delivery systems. many polymeric excipients have been studied in order to make drug release fit the desired profiles. the aim of this work was to design a theophylline oral suspension, as sustained release pharmaceutical preparation in order to decrease the plasma level fluctuations and adverse effects of theophylline. micro...

background: proteolytic enzymes have an important role in variety of physiological and pathological functions. they have been used in therapeutic and pharmaceutical applications. characterizations of extracellular proteases from various strains of s. marcescens indicate that most strains produce a very similar major metalloprotease. this metalloprotease (serrapeptidase, serrapeptase) is an impo...

in this research, (carboxy-3-oxopropylamino)-3-propylsilylcellulose (copapsc) as an organocatalyst, has been synthesized by grafting of succinic anhydride on the nh2-modified cellulose (cellulose functionalized with 3- aminopropyltriethoxysilane). the –co2h group-functionalized cellulose (copapsc) is used as a catalyst for the synthesis of coumarin derivatives from the reaction of phenolic subs...