Abstract Cadmium (Cd) is one of the major toxicants, which affects human health through occupational and environmental exposure. In current study, we evaluated protective effects morel mushrooms against Cd-induced reproductive damages in rats. For this purpose, 30 male rats were divided into 6 groups (n=5/group), first group served as control group, second was treated with an intraperitoneal (i...

Morels ( Morchella spp.) are highly nutritious and consumed as both edible mushrooms traditional Chinese medicine. This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with morel on gut bacterial microbiota short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) profiles in healthy mice. Healthy mice were randomly assigned five groups: a control group (0% morel) four intervention groups supplemented ...

Since mushrooms have many bioactive components, they have been used as components in folk medicine. Because mycelium has an advantage when it comes to large-scale production, this study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant properties and anti-tyrosinase activity from 55 mycelia in culture media. Relatively high 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging capacity was detected from the ethanol ...

The maintenance of energetically costly flagella by bacteria in non-water-saturated media, such as soil, still presents an evolutionary conundrum. Potential explanations have focused on rare flooding events allowing dispersal. Such scenarios, however, overlook bacterial dispersal along mycelia as a possible transport mechanism in soils. The hypothesis tested in this study is that dispersal alon...

the study of the exclosure effects on the vegetation changes undergrazing and non-grazing conditions in the rangeland areas has particularimportance in the rangeland improvement and revivification projects. theresearch was accomplished in semi-steppe khoybilehvar area, from 1999 to2005. vegetation cover was annually measured within fixed plots during transact.the results showed that during nine...

background and purpose: otomycosis is an acute, subacute or chronic fungal infection of the pinna, the external auditory meatus and the ear canal caused mainly by several species of saprophytic fungi. lamisil (terbinafine) is an allylamine antifungal agent, that is used both in the topical and oral administration for the treatment of dermatophytosis, cutaneous candidiasis, and the pityriasis ve...