since there is limited information on the simultaneous effect of drought stress and salicylic acid on yield and mucilagecontent of the medicinal herb, plantago ovata forssk is available, a pot experiment was conducted in factorial form basedon a randomized complete block design with three replications in jiroft, kerman province, south of iran. as the firstfactor, drought stress included four le...

Aims We aimed to perform a meta-analysis of the predictive capacity of fecal calprotectin (FC) in activity and relapse of Crohn's disease (CD). Materials and methods MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library databases were searched systematically. Pooled sensitivity, specificity, and other diagnostic indices were evaluated. Results A total of 1,252 CD patients from 18 different studies were...

Water shortage is one of the most important environmental stresses in Mediterranean regions. Poor seedling quality may account for the failure of oak regeneration. To determine the best seed origin of Quercus brantii, we investigated on seedlings collected from 20 mother trees in the Zagros Mountain forests 700 to 2200 m altitudes above sea level. Seedlings from different altitudes were irrig...

BACKGROUND Distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from functional gastrointestinal (GI) disease remains an important issue for gastroenterologists and primary care physicians, and may be difficult on the basis of symptoms alone. Faecal calprotectin (FC) is a surrogate marker for intestinal inflammation but not cancer. AIM This large retrospective study aimed to determine the most eff...

Activated water irrigation has been widely investigated as an effective production increasing measure. However, the response of activated in plant growth and use efficiency (WUE) with amount is not well understood. Here, a pot experiment was conducted to determine effects on winter wheat growth, yield, WUE under amount. Twelve treatments included four types, (i) tap (TW), (ii) magnetization (MW...

OBJECTIVES A recent systematic review confirmed the usefulness of fecal calprotectin (FC) in distinguishing organic (inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)) from non-organic gastrointestinal disease (irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)). FC levels <50 μg/g have a negative predictive value >92% to exclude organic gastrointestinal (GI) disease. Levels >250 μg/g correlate with endoscopic IBD disease activity...

The effect of treatment with combinations of the two antifungal agents, 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) and amphotericin B (AB), against systemic Candida albicans infections in mice was investigated. Graded doses of the single substances and of combinations of the drugs were administered daily for 21 days. The 50% curative dose (CD(50)) values were calculated on the basis of the presence or absence of ...

this research was conducted to assay the effect of different levels of irrigation on morphological and physicochemical characteristics of three cultivars of basil (ocimum basilicum l.), in ferdowsi university of mashhad, 2012. the pot experiment was performedas a factorial based on randomized complete design with four replications. the factors included three commercial cultivars of basil (comin...

Ferrocenyl terpyridine 3d metal complexes and their analogues, viz. [M(Fc-tpy)(2)](ClO(4))(2) (1-4), [Zn(Ph-tpy)(2)](ClO(4))(2) (5) and [Zn(Fc-dpa)(2)]X(2) (X = ClO(4), 6; PF(6), 6a), where M = Fe(II) in 1, Co(II) in 2, Cu(II) in 3 and Zn(II) in 4, Fc-tpy is 4'-ferrocenyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine, Ph-tpy is 4'-phenyl-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine and Fc-dpa is ferrocenyl-N,N-dipicolylmethanamine, are ...