in this study 50 samples of ecstasy tablets seized in iran during the period of 2007 through 2008 were examined and their physical characteristics (appearance, marking, scored/not scored, color, weight, diameter, thickness) were determined. in order to determine the chemical characteristics of these tablets, color tests (marquis test, simon’s test, chen’s test and gallic acid test), thin layer ...

objective(s) in addition to antihypertensive effects, amlodipine may exhibit cardiovascular protective effects in heart tissue. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of amlodipine and/or high cholesterol diet on blood, heart tissue concentration and mrna expression of endothelin-1 (et-1) in male new zealand white rabbits. materials and methods a total of 40 male new zealand rabbits ...

introduction atmospheric circulation patterns leads to different weather conditions and rainfall regime change is controlled by seasonal and irregular variations of atmospheric circulation pattern. variety and climate change, such as drought and flood result in changes in the spatio-temporal of precipitation, one of the important parameters conditions mentioned, heterogeneity in moisture transm...

we aimed to study the mntnhex-2-pyp effect on some markers of lung antioxidant defence system in mice asthma model.the study was carried out on 28 c57b1/6 mice divided into four treatment groups: group 1 - controls; group 2 - injected and inhaled with ovalbumin; group 3 - treated with mntnhex-2-pyp and inhaled with phosphate buffered saline; group 4 - injected with ovalbumin and mntnhex-2-pyp b...

objective(s): neuroinflammation in parkinson disease (pd) is associated with glial cells activation and production of different inflammatory cytokines. in this study, we investigated the effect of chronic administration of 8-oh-dpat on 6-ohda-induced catalepsy and levels of inflammatory cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid (csf).   materials and methods: catalepsy was induced by unilateral infusion...

i n m a n u f a c t u r i n g a c t i v i t i e s, i s s u e s s u c h a s t h e i n t e n s i t y o f c o m p e t i t i o n, r i s i n g a n d c h a n g i n g c u s t o m e r e x p e c t a t i o n s, a n d e v e r-i n c r e a s i n g t e c h n o l o g i c a l d e v e l o p m e n t s, i n t e n s i f y m a n u f a c t u r e r c o m m i t m e n t t o e l i m i n a t e d e f e c t s i n i t s p r...

background: p. atrosepticum is a commercially important pathogen. it causes blackleg in the field and soft rot of tubers after the harvest. this effect is due to secretion of depolymerases and other virulence factors by several mechanisms including t3ss objectives: the effect of bacterial t3ss on solanum tuberosum (s. tuberosum) varieties and its relationship with s. tuberosum resistance gene e...

s e l e c t i o n o f a p p r o p r i a t e g r o u n d m o t i o n i s a k e y e l e m e n t w i t h i n a n y s e i s m i c a s s e s s m e n t o f s t r u c t u r e s. m a n y m e t h o d o l o g i e s h a v e b e e n d e v e l o p e d i n o r d e r t o s e l e c t a n d s c a l e g r o u n d m o t i o n r e c o r d s f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f r e s p o n s e h i s t o r y a n a l y s i ...

introduction: various bone palliative therapeutic agents have been developed and widely used for bone metastasis such as 153sm-edtmp. in this study, production, quality control and biodistribution studies of a newly developed therapeutic compound have been presented followed by imaging studies in wild-type rodents. methods: 153sm-tthmp was prepared starting from 153sm-smcl3, prepared by neutro...

background clinical observations have shown that patients infected with chronic hepatitis b virus (hbv) genotype c versus genotype b had a higher load of the virus, more serious illness, and poorer responses to antiviral therapy and prognosis. however, the disparity between the two has not been clarified. objectives to explore possible relationship between hbv genotypes b and c and peripheral b...