valproic acid (vpa) is one of the mostly used antiepileptic drugs that may have some side effects so, it is highly recommended to evaluate its serum concentrations. the aim of this study was to develop a simple, fast and economic method using gas-chromatography equipped with flame ionization detector (gc/fid) and vpa analysis. to do this, 200 µl of serum was mixed with an aliquot of caproic aci...

fatty acids play important roles in biological systems and the newborns fatty acids requirements are covered only by the milk. it is of particular interest to qualify the content of the fatty acids in the milk. this study was performed to determine the levels of some fatty acids in the infant formulas and also to describe a method without derivatization for the fatty acids analysis and applying...

conclusions nitrosamine was formed with conventional potato baking methods with the most nitrosamine formation found on the surface fried samples. nitrites amount in baked potatoes decreased. generally, the amount of nitrosamine in baked potato samples was lower than acceptable limits. results fried samples that were measured by the gas chromatography method had the highest average levels of ni...

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 valproic acid is widely used as an anticonvulsant and mood-stabilizing drug in the treatment of epilepsy. determination of serum valproic acid is required in epilepsy therapy for efficient control of seizures. objectives in the present study, the gas chromatography method was applied to determine serum valproic acid and resulting data were compared with those obtained by high perform...

background pycnocycla spinosa decne. ex boiss is an aromatic plant which showed relaxant effects on isolated ileum contractions and antidiarrheal activity. thirty four components have been extracted from p. spinosa essential oil, of which several major constituents were found to show seasonal variation. objectives the aim of this work is to evaluate the diurnal variation of its oil constituents...

the volatile constituents of the aerial parts of vervain (verbena officinalis l.) cultivated locally were investigated. analysis of the volatile fraction by gc and gc-ms is described. compounds were identified by various methods, the major compounds being 3-hexen-1-ol (7.28%), 1-octen-3-ol (32.76%), linalool (4.66%), verbenone (20.49%) and geranial (7.22%).

a colorimetric method for detection and assay of mustard gas in urine after addition of thymolphthalein is reported. the detection limit was 80 ng/ml of llrine. mustard gas could also be detected in urine after extraction with gas chromatography using fid detector. the detection limit was 10 ng/ml. in addition, thiodiglycol, a metabolite of mustard gas, could be converted to mustard with concen...

conclusions results have shown that a. spicigera eo before and after flowering has antioxidant properties and therefore can be used in combination with other preservatives to protect food materials against a variety of oxidative systems. background essential oils (eo), also called volatile odoriferous oil, are aromatic oily liquids extracted from different parts of plants. in general, the const...