objective: there has been a growing interest in finding plants with biological active ingredients for medicinal application. materials and methods: three colors of petals of althaea officinalis (a. officinalis) flowers, i.e., pink, reddish pink, and white were examined for total antioxidant activity and flavonoids content. results: the reddish pink flowers of a. officinalis have more antioxidant...

Background Nowadays in countries all over Europe more and more people consume shrimps and other types of sea food. Consumption of even one or two shrimps can induce anaphylactic reaction in patient with allergy. In this work our aim is to present a case of patient admitted to the Department and Clinic of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Internal Diseases to diagnose and confirm allergy to shrimp.

this study aimed to identify the causative of the mass mortality observed in zoeal to post-larval shrimp raised in hatcheries in south iran. for three consecutive months, samples of nauplii and zoea of litopenaeus vannamei were collected from an affected hatchery located in the province of bushehr. upon culture on marine agar, bacterial colonies that produced white, orange, yellow and red pigme...