Doxorubicin is an anthracycline antibiotic used for the treatment of a wide range of cancers. But unfortunately, due to its accumulation within healthy tissues, DOX treatment results in side effects of cellular toxicity. DOX-induced cellular toxicity occurs as a result of increasing oxidative damage, resulting in apoptosis and cell death. There is currently no standard of care practice to preve...

  H Tajik [1] , PhD F Shokouhi Sabet Jalali [2] , PhD    Received: 29 Nov, 2006 Accepted 5 Nov, 2008 Abstract  Background &Aims: Yarrow ( Achillea. millefolium ) has been used as a spice and medicinal plant in many ancient cultures from olden times. Today, biochemical investigations have shown different bioactive components responsible to medicinal and therapeutic properties of yarrow, in part...

Background and Objective: Evaluation of clinical competency of medical students can give very useful information to the authorities for setting educational aims according to student’s requirements and qualitative promotion in the educational process. The present study has been evaluated the clinical competency of fourth-year medical students. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional...

Abstract The destructive effects of wind erosion on the environment and human activities have led to the identification and quantification of sources of wind sediments as an important issue for planners. Due to the importance of the subject, in this study, the origin of wind sediments in Jalali sands has been investigated. To achieve this, after mapping the geomorphological facies of the study...

Background and Objective: Diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent metabolic diseases and causes testicular damage by rising oxidative stress. Using antioxidants reduces oxidative stress and the amount of testicular damage. In this study, the effect of garlic extract on markers of oxidative stress in diabetic rats testes has been studied. Materials and Methods: In this exp...

 Ashkan Kavyani1, Ahmad Zare Shahne1, Javad PourReza1, Sayed Mohammad Ali Jalali Haji-abadi1, Mohsen Nikkhah2, Nasir Landy 3*  1- Department of Animal Science, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran 2 -Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan, Iran 3-Young Researchers and Elite Club, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan...

Background and Amis: The most important environmental challenges facing the West of iran in recent years is the dust phenomenon, that today has become one of the most important problems in arid and semi-arid areas. This phenomenon occurs as a climatic phenomenon in all climatic conditions, that causes adverse social, economic, environmental and commercial impacts. In this research have used dus...