The international data have indicated a growing trend of alcohol use worldwide during recent years. Although alcohol use is against cultural norms and religious law in Iran, anecdotal reports from substance abuse treatment providers show that there is demand for alcohol treatment in the country. A recent national report also documented alcohol use disorders in Iran. Development and implementati...

In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in the incidence of fungal diseases. Certain fungal diseases cause cutaneous lesions and in the usual treatment, generally administred orally, the drug reaches the site of action with difficulty and its concentration is too low. An approach much explored in recent years is the development of nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems, and...

in this case study, we describe a 25 year-old male who showed the symptoms of diabetes after a period of heavy drinking. (hba1c=13%). treatment was started with 120 units of insulin. after stopping alcohol consumption and taking an appropriate diet, insulin was tapered down. five months after the start of treatment, insulin was stopped (hba1c=5%). the results showed that he was in a good metabo...

Fatty alcohols are value-added chemicals and important components of a variety of industries, which have a >3 billion-dollar global market annually. Long chain fatty alcohols (>C12) are mainly used in surfactants, lubricants, detergents, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics while medium chain fatty alcohols (C6-C12) could be used as diesel-like biofuels. Microbial production of fatty alcohols from ren...

Aliphatic alcohols naturally exist in many organisms as important cellular components; however, their roles in extracellular polymer biosynthesis are poorly defined. We report here the isolation and characterization of a rice (Oryza sativa) male-sterile mutant, defective pollen wall (dpw), which displays defective anther development and degenerated pollen grains with an irregular exine. Chemica...

Short-chain aliphatic esters are small volatile molecules that produce fruity and pleasant aromas and flavors. Most of these esters are artificially produced or extracted from natural sources at high cost. It is, however, possible to 'naturally' produce these molecules using biocatalysts such as lipases and esterases. A gene coding for a newly uncovered lipase was isolated from a previous metag...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan nanopartikel TiO2 serta penambahan surfaktan Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (CTAB) dan Polietilen Glikol (PEG) -6000 . Dalam penelitian proses pembuatan , –CTAB -PEG-6000 TiO2-CTAB menjadi menggunakan metode sol gel, dari bahan TiCl3. yang diperoleh dikarakterisasi XRD SEM Dari hasil analisis ukuran diameter kristal masing sebesar 30,12 nm ,35,66 ,36...

the reaction of tertiary, secondary and benzylic alcohols with different nitriles in the presence of alumina-methanesulfonic acid (ama) as a new reagent affords the corresponding amides in good yields (table 1, 2). conversion of 2,6-bis(hydroxymethyl)-4-halo anisoles into corresponding diamides in the range of 68-76% yields (table 3) are also included in this paper.