Natural products have a key role in drug discovery pharmacology and medicine. Prunus spinosa L. (blackthorn) grown Çanakkale province western Turkey, is known as medicinal plant, rich source of biologically active compounds such phenolics, flavonoids anthocyanidins. The flower fruit extracts the plant are subjects many studies, but they usually lack details its potential for bio-inhibition stud...

breast cancer is the second main cause of death among women. the use of medicinal plants has been common in many countries since ancient times. the aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant and anti-proliferative potential of achillea millefolium l. the antioxidant activity of the aqueous and hydroalcoholic extracts of achillea millefolium l. leaf and flower was measured by dpph and fra...

this study was carried out to investigation the possibility of using triadimefon (trd) in order to decrease the adverse effects of salt stress on medicago plant. triadimefon is a member of triazol compounds which enhances stress tolerance through physiological processes. two cultivars of medicago sitiva including hamedani and yazdi were used in this study. plants were treated with 1, 2 and 4 mg...

the anti-senescence biogenic polyamines (pas) putrescine (put), spermidine (spd) and spermine (spm) are involved in plant growth processes and responses to stress. the physiological mechanism of exogenous put to affect the senescence of cut lisianthus flowers during vase life was investigated. fresh cut lisianthus flowers were treated with distilled water (control), 0.5, 1 and 2 mm put and then...

background while hepatitis e virus (hev) mostly causes self-limited disease in general population, it is more severe in pregnant women. objectives this study aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of anti-hev igg among a population of pregnant women in west azerbaijan of . patients and methods one hundred thirty six pregnant women referred to urban health centers of urmia for pursuing pregnanc...

materials and methods a total of 228 fecal samples were collected from residents of rural areas of hamadan, west of iran. each fecal sample was divided into two parts, one kept frozen at -20˚c for ag-capture elisa and the other in 10% formalin for the ap staining method. cryptosporidium ag-detection elisa procedure was performed according to the manual of the manufacturer. the preserved samples...

background herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 (hsv-1 and hsv-2) are common infectious agents worldwide. data on prevalence of hsv-1 and hsv-2 infections are limited in asia, especially in iran. our study aimed on determination of seroepidemiology of hsv-1 and hsv-2 infections in asymptomatic healthy students of islamic azad university of kazeroun, fars province, southwest of iran. patients ...

results: of the 50 samples tested by the elisa method, 26 samples (52%) were positive for igg . no samples were positive for igm. of the 50 samples tested by the chemiluminescence method, 28 samples (56%) were positive for igg. no samples were positive for igm. conclusions: a significant relationship between the age of the youngest child and the infection rate was seen. no significant correlati...

the effects of different storage temperatures and times on germination rate, malondialdehyde (mda), superoxide dismutase (sod), peroxidase (pod) and catalase (cat) activities in jatropha curcas l. seed were investigated. the results showed that germination rates of seeds stored at room temperature and 4°c for 1 month was significantly higher than those stored for 3 months at -20 and -80°c. mda ...