Most of spices are produced using traditional systems. In unsanitary conditions, spices can contain large numbers of pathogenic microbes such as bacteria, molds and yeasts. Some microorganisms are known as human pathogens, which need disinfection mechanisms that minimize their potential harms to active substances in spices. Use of contaminated spices in foods can significantly decrease the shel...

Fig (Ficus carica L.) is a perishable fruit and it needs to use new techniques in order to increase shelf life of this product. In present study, atmospheric cold plasma as a non-thermal treatment was utilized for preserving fresh fig quality. Dielectric barrier discharge plasma was applied to fruits in two steps. Durations of first treatments were 1 and 5 minutes. Based on this step results, m...

Introduction: Staphylococcus aureus is a source of nosocomial infections and one of the significant concerns in patients with indwelling devices. Lysostaphin is a bacterially produced endopeptidase with a unique activity on S. aureus. Plasma, the fourth state of the material, consists of charged ions, free electrons, and activated neutral species. Biomedical applications of cold plasma are rapi...

Effects of temperature stimuli on plasma glucagon levels were studied in fasted (18 hr) and shorn rats. Plasma glucagon levels rose significantly on exposures to both cold (-5 degrees C, 60 min) (p less than 0.001) and heat (36 degrees C, 60 min) (p less than 0.001) from that in control rats at 25 degrees C. Cold stimulus increased blood FFA level (p less than 0.001) and both cold and heat stim...

Context:  The major motivation for the preparation of the plasma derived biological medicine was the treatment of casualties from the Second World War.  Due to the high expenses for preparation of plasma derived products, achievement of self-sufficiency in human plasma biotechnological industry is an important goal for developing countries.Evidence Acquisition:  The complexity of the bloo...

The increase in urinary catecholamine was observed in the animals subjected to cold (1, 2). Norepine phrine and epinephrine released from sympathetic nervous system and adrenal glands produced to increase plasma glucose and NEFA as fuels. The blockade of catecholamine action and the depletion of tissue cate cholamine led to death during cold-exposure (3). Our previous experiments howed that in ...