background ziziphora tenuior l. known as kakuti in persian, is used in traditional medicine for fever, dysentery, uterus infection and as an analgesic. it is used also in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders as carminative, or remedy of diarrhea or nausea. major components of plant essential oil including pulegone, isomenthone, thymol, menthone, and piperitone are suggested to be respons...

background food born pathogenic bacteria are the most important agents of infections in humans, and food spoilage also results in economic losses in food industry. objectives the aim of this study was the evaluation of chemical components, total phenolic content, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of artemisia dracunculus essential oil. materials and methods the essential oil of tarragon ...

in this study, a simple and reliable method by gas chromatograph–mass spectrometry (gc–ms) was developed for the fast and regular identification of 3, 4-mdma impurities in ecstasy tablets. in so doing, 8 samples of impurities were extracted by diethyl ether under alkaline condition and then analyzed by gc–ms. the results revealed high mdma levels ranging from 37.6% to 57.7%. the gc-ms method sh...

a simple and rapid microextraction procedure based on dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (dllme) was developed for determination and speciation of trace amounts of chromium (cr) by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (faas). in the proposed approach, chloroform and methanol were used as extraction and dispersive solvents. a new schiff's base ligand, bis(2-methoxy benzaldehyde) ethylene d...