l. rajabi

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a malignant hematologic disorder of lymphoid lineage. As a result of chemotherapy side effects, treatment with medicinal plants has recently been considered by researchers. Previous studies on Moringa olifera have shown its anti-cancer properties on some cancer cell lines. The aim of this study was to investigate the cytotoxic effects of Moringa oleifera leaves on Jurket and Raji cell lines of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

In this experimental study, after preparing aqueous and ethanolic leaf extract of Moringa olifera, Jurket and Raji cells were treated with different concentrations of extracts for 48 hours. Cell groups’viability was assessed by trypan blue staining and MTT assay. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were used as a control group. Statistical analysis of data was performed using Gragh Pad Prism 6 and one-way ANOVA test.

Treatment of Jurkat and Raji cells with all concentrations of aqueous and ethanolic extracts led to inhibition of cell growth. The highest percentage of growth inhibition was obtained at a concentration of 150 μg/mL of aqueous extract, 48.5% and 47.4% for Jurkat and Raji cell lines, respectively. Also, the highest lethal percentage was obtained at a concentration of 50 μg/mL of ethanolic extract, 73.4% and 78.5% for Jurkat and Raji cell lines, respectively. The IC50 dose was obtained in all study groups at a concentration of 150 μg/mL.

The leaves of Moringa olifera have the capacity to inhibit the growth and viability of Jurkat and Raji cell lines of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

In this study, unmodified graphite and graphite modified with a silane agent were used to ameliorate the thermal conductivity coefficient and dynamical properties of unsaturated polyester resin. The effect of unmodified graphite and modified graphite addition on thermal conductivity coefficient and dynamical properties of unsaturated polyester resin in the graphite amounts of 0.02% and 0.3% by weight were studied using solid thermal conductivity measuring device and DMA test. The results showed that the silane modifier can help to create strong covalent bonds between graphite particles and unsaturated polyester resin network and cause changes in thermal and dynamic properties compared to unmodified graphite particles. Adding 0.3% of the weight of the unmodified graphite to the unsaturated polyester resin resulted in a 7% raise in the storage modulus in the glassy region. However, adding the same amount of graphite modified using the silane agent increased the storage module by 33% in the glassy region. Silane modifier caused better dispersion of graphite particles in the resin structure. Superior dispersion of graphite particles caused more interaction between graphite particles and resin network, which significantly increased the modulus of unsaturated polyester resin. In contrast, better dispersion of graphite particles because of the presence of silane agent increased the thermal resistance at the surface of graphite particles, which reduced the thermal conductivity coefficient compared to unmodified graphite.

A novel needle-less electrospinning system, "Multi-pin-electrospinning" was developed to produce thin nanofibers from dilute Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) solutions. PAN solution was placed in an open polymer bath. 16 stainless steel pins in 4 parallel rows were attached to a metal rod to form stable polymer jets. Pins were dipped into a polymer solution by rotating the pins containing rod and under the application of the electric field, multiple Taylor cone were formed followed by the multi-jet ejection from the cone's tip, then nanofibers were deposited on the aluminum collector sheet placed above the pins. The multi-pin-electrospun nanofibers were thinner with narrower diameter distribution compared with electrospun nanofibers prepared through the conventional method. The influence of the affecting parameters such as solution concentration, applied voltage, pins-collector distance and addition of CaCl2 salt on the diameter of multi-pin-electrospun nanofibers were investigated. The applied voltage change did not significantly affect the average diameter of nanofibers. At pins-collector distance of 6 cm, wet nanofibers with the beaded structure were formed, whereas on increasing the distance bundles in the fibers were disappeared and straight nanofibers with fewer beads were collected. The addition of 1 wt% CaCl2 salt to the 3 wt% PAN/DMF solution resulted in the formation of smooth, almost bead-free nanofibers.

In this research, graphene oxide (GO) was functionalized by tannic acid to produce GO-TA and fabricate a novel functionalized graphene oxide/ polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibrous as an adsorbent in order to remove two hazardous heavy metals from aqueous solutions. The results showed that the composite adsorbent can properly adsorb Pb2+ and Cd2+ metal cations, due to having the numerous potential active sites. The optimum conditions for 97.37% of Pb2+ and 94.28% of Cd2+ ions removal were meanly obtained at pH of 6.3, nanoparticles weight percentage of 4.26 wt.%, metal ions concentration of 35.74 ppm and contact time of 70.5 min. The maximum adsorption capacities for lead and cadmium ions.were found at 344.83 and 312.5 mg/g, respectively.