The hazardous nature of aflatoxins to human and animals necessitate the need for establishment of control measures. The objective of this study was to evaluate the inhibition of growth and aflatoxin production of Aspergillus flavus strain (ATCC 16872) by various essential oils in Yeast Extract Sucrose (YES) growth media at 25°C. Essential oils of basil, fennel, coriander, caraway, peppermint an...

the experiment was done in a factorial design based on completely randomized with three factors and five replications in vitro. the first factors, plant extract (nine plant species), the second factor, solvent (5 solvent) and the third factor, concentration (3 concentration) were considered. in pot condition, the experiment was carried out in factorial based on completely randomized design with...

Breastfeeding is an economic and valuable method to protect infant health during the life and provides unique biological and emotional effect for mothers and infants.  Objectives: This study was designed to compare effect of fennel on maternal serum prolactin level and neonatal weight gain to effect of domperidone and placebo on these variables.  Research method and materials: In this study 1...

grape, like other horticultural products due to high humidity, low relative ph and wealth of nutrients, is subjected to attack by pathogenic fungi during the harvest and storage stages. in this study, at first, the some post-harvest pathogenic fungi of grape were isolated in meshgin-shahr and two fungal species including botrytis cinerea and cladosporium cladosporioides were identified as the d...

The antifungal effect of twenty powdered spice plants and their extracts at concentrations of 2, 4, 8 and 1, 3, 6%, respectively was evaluated in relation to the radial mycelial growth of various soilborne fungi causing damping-off disease. The spice powder or extract were added to the culture medium PDA to obtain the proposed concentrations. Concentration of 8% of powdered spices and 6% of the...

Sir, These days we encounter several patients of substance dependence for elective surgical procedures or in an emergency. These patients at that time may be either addicted to them or on de-addiction treatment. Physical addiction to any drug is a function of multiple neuroadaptations (tolerance, sensitization, and withdrawal) of the body to the effect of the drug.[1] Smokeless tobacco or finel...