objective: teucrium polium l. (family lamiaceae) is a wild-growing flowering plant, found abundantly in south-western asia, europe and north africa. traditionally, t. polium has been used for different pathological conditions such as gastrointestinal disorders, inflammations, diabetes and rheumatism. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of ethanol extract of teucri...

background: leukemia inhibitory factor (lif) is a pleiotropic cytokine of interleukin-6 family with a remarkable range of biological actions such as proliferative effects on the granulosa and theca cells. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of lif on the growth and maturation of mouse fresh and vitrified preantral follicles, an in vitro model was developed. methods: the ovaries of...

background and objectives: presence of methicillin and multidrug resistance has associated coagulase negative staphylococci (cns) with high morbidity and mortality worldwide. the present study was carried out to study the susceptibility pattern of cns to various antimicrobial agents and to determine the prevalence of cns methicillin resistance in our hospital setting. materials and methods: a t...

toxicity of which on biological wastewater processes, humans, and the environment has been proven in various studies. in this study, the half maximal effective concentration (ec 50 ) of growth inhibition of cadmium, lead, and mercury was assessed on dominant bacterial species present in sequencing batch reactors (sbr). methods: biomass sample was obtained from the biological unit of the sbr est...

conclusions regarding clinical and laboratory standards institute (clsi) definition for vancomycin susceptibility (mic < 2 μg/ml), it seems that vancomycin may not be considered as the best antibiotic in order to treat heteroresistant vancomycin intermediate s. aureus (hvisa) and vancomycin sensitive s. aureus (vssa) infections, and a new breakpoint for vancomycin and alternative antibiotics sh...

A new group of 4-(Imidazolylmethyl) quinoline derivatives possessing a methylsulfonyl COX-2 pharmacophore at the para position of the C-2 phenyl ring were designed and synthesized as selective COX-2 inhibitors and in-vitro anti breast cancer agents. In-vitro COX-1 and COX-2 inhibition studies showed that all the compounds were potent and selective inhibitors of the COX-2 isozyme with IC50 value...

background and purpose: candidiasis is a major fungal infection, and candida albicans is the major cause of infections in humans. the clinical and laboratory standards institute (clsi) developed new breakpoints for antifungal agents against c. albicans. in this multi-center study, we aimed to determine the drug susceptibility profile of c. albicans, isolated from iranian population according to...