background: despite the wide range of applications, there is a serious lack of information on the impact of the nanoparticles on human health and the environment. the present study was done to determine the range of dangerous concentrations of iron oxide nanoparticle and their effects on mouse embryonic stem cells. methods: iron oxide nanoparticles with less than 20 nanometers diameter were enc...

introduction: cell culture is a process in which the cells ware isolated from original tissue, dispersed in liquid media and then placed in culture plate where the cells adhere together and propagate. today, this method is used for assessment of cell toxicity, its mechanisms and effect of different compounds on intracellular components. methods: clonogenic assay was used for assessment of cell ...

background leptospirosis is a systemic infectious disease caused by pathogenic bacteria belonging to the species of leptospira, it is considered to be the most common zoonosis in the world. this is a serious and sometimes fatal infection which is transmitted from animals to humans by entering the digestive tract or mucosal membrane. within the initial 10-12 day period, the patient may experienc...

background traditional medicines are among the oldest medicines and their extensive use in the recent years reflects the public’s interest in alternatives to conventional medicine. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the genotoxicity of dillsun herbal medicine in dna damage of rat hepatocytes compared to sodium dichromate using a comet assay technique. materials and methods male...

improving the solubility of non-soluble herbal materials is an issue of interest in cell culture based experiments. evaluating the biological activity of these materials could become possible with the aid of cosolvents/surfactants which obviously should have little or no cytotoxic activity. in the present study, the cytotoxic activity of six cosolvents/surfactants: ethanol, methanol, tween 20 a...

background: lactoferrin is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 80 kda, as a member of the transferring family. in recent investigations the important biological properties such as anti microbial, antiviral and anticancer activity of lactoferrin were studied. in the present study, the effect of antitumor induced by lactoferin was evaluated on stomach cancer cell ags. materials and methods:...

materials and methods in this descriptive study, 2988 stool samples of patients with acute gastroenteritis were collected from children’s hospitals of 5 main cities of iran. the samples were sent in frozen condition to pediatric infection research center in tehran and stored at -70°c. elisa test was performed for detection of rotavirus antigens. the mean age of study population was 1 to 5 years...

cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. despite the availability of several chemotherapeutic drugs, there is still a great need for more efficient agents for a better management of cancer. in this contribution, a series of 11 dhps (4a, 4b & 7a-i) were synthesized and evaluated for their cytotoxic effect against mcf-7, ls180, and molt-4 cancer cell lines using mtt assay. synthesized 2,6-di...