trichosanthes kirilowii, an important economic plant in china, is sensitive to chilling. to investigate the effect of abscisic acid (aba) treatment on the chilling tolerance of trichosanthes kirilowii maxim, different concentrations of aba were sprayed on trichosanthes kirilowii leaves and the resulting catalase (cat) and superoxide dismutase (sod) activities and the malondialdehyde (mda) conte...

objective: prostate cancer is one of the most common cancer in the developed countries. most of cancer deaths are due to development of metastasis. hence, prevention of metastasis is critical. silibinin is a flavonoid component that inhibits cell proliferation and causes cell death of human prostate cancer. in this study, the expression of cd82 gene in pc-3 cells treated with escalating concent...

background: cholera is a potentially epidemic and life-threatening secretory diarrhoea characterized by voluminous watery stools, often accompanied by vomiting, and resulting in hypovolemic shock and acidosis. it is caused by certain strains of the species vibrio cholerae which can also cause mild or in apparent infections. the aim of this study is the evaluation of capsaicin, as a potential in...

avian infectious bronchitis (ib) is a major cause of economic losses in poultry industry. the ib virus primarily affects respiratory tract, but various strains differ in their tropism for other target organs such as kidney and alimentary tract. the objective of this study was to estimate the pathogenicity of iranian ibv variant (ir-1), which is limited exclusively to iran. specific pathogen fre...

avian infectious bronchitis (ib), caused by a gammacoronavirus, is an oie-listed (list b) disease and characterized by respiratory and renal involvements, causing high mortality, and economic loss in both layers and broilers. in comparison with other diagnostic methods, real-time polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) and conventional rt-pcr are potent, more sensitive and faster techniques for infe...