carotenoids are red, orange and yellow pigments, which are widely distributed in fruit and vegetables. the aim of this research is to investigate the effect of conventional, high pressure and microwave cooking on the concentrations of β-carotene in carrot and sweet corn. raw carrots were washed, peeled and diced to a uniform size and then frozen at -70°c. sweet corn was also provided in a simil...

in this project, eggshell membrane was used as a solid phase extraction sorbent for extraction of morphine followed by hplc analysis. at first, raw eggshell membrane was used and then, because of low adsorption of morphine on untreated eggshell membrane (

silymarin is a mixture of flavonolignans from the seeds of silybum marianum (l.) gaertner,containing silybinin, isosilybinin, silydianin, silychristin and the dihydroflavonol of taxifolin. flavonolignancomponents are largely responsible for the medical benefits attributed to silymarin. the aim of this researchwas to study the variations in composition and content of flavonolignans of silymarin ...

background and objectives:drimia maritima (l.) stearn also known as squill is a medicinally important plant that has been used for various ailments such as dropsy, respiratory disorders, jaundice and epilepsy from ancient times. proscillaridin a is identified as one of the most effective compounds in the plant with remarkable pharmacological features including efficacy against congestive heart ...

purpose: to evaluate total plasma homocysteine level during the acute phase of central retinal vein occlusion (crvo) compared with a matched healthy group in iranian population, and determine whether hyperhomocysteinemia is also a risk factor for crvo. methods: a study group contains 54 patients presenting with crvo in recent one month, acute phase of the decease, was compared for fasting total...

background : doogh is a fermented beverage in which microbial spoilage is possible. benzoic acid and its salt (sodium benzoate) are added to doogh as antimicrobial preservative to control microbial spoilage. however, the use of this preservative has been prohibited in milk and dairy products such as food and drug administrationand institute of standards and industrial research of iran. thus, th...

a high performance liquid chromatography method was studied for determination of 18 ?-glycyrrhetinic acid in glycyrrhiza glabra l. (licorice) extract. the operating condition were c-18 reversed phase column (vp-ods, (250×4.6 mm, 5 mm)) at room temperature, acetonitril/phosphoric acid (3/1) as mobile phase, at flow rate of 0.6ml/min (0-8min), 0.4ml/min (8-20min) and uv detection at 230 nm. the r...

introduction: the mechanism of action and metabolism of clozapine, a complex drug used in psychopharmacology, is not completely understood. the effects of this compound in human body are related to some interactions with serotonin and dopamine neurotransmitter receptors. to further elucidate the mechanism of action and to support ongoing drug metabolism studies, [14c] clozapine with suitable ra...