Editor's note

One Decade of Research on Ion-Selective Electrodes in Iran (1996-2006)
M.R. Ganjali*, P. Norouzi, F. Faridbod, M. Rezapour and M.R. Pourjavid

Synthesis and Calcium Channel Antagonist Activities of New Derivatives of Dialkyl 1,4-Dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-4-(5- phenylisoxazol -3-yl)pyridine- 3,5-dicarboxylates
N. Daryabari ^a, T. Akbarzadeh^a, M. Amini^a, R. Miri ^a,b, H. Mirkhani^b and A. Shafiee^a,*

Photoinduced Electron Transfer Ring Opening of α-Epoxyketones Using 7,7,8,8-Tetracyano-p-quinodimethane (TCNQ)
H.R. Memarian*, F. Nikpour and H. Sabzyan

Preparation and Reactions of Optically Active Cyanohydrins Using the (R)-Hydroxynitrile Lyase from Prunus amygdalus¹
H.A.A. Yosef^a, N.M. Morsy^a, M.R.H. Mahran^a,* and H.Y. Aboul-Enein^b,*

An Active Transport Mimetic System Based on Thioctic Acid as Carrier for Alkaline Earth Metal Ions
R. Zugle^a,* J. Kambo-Dorsa^a and V.P.Y. Gadzepco^b

Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies of Oxidation of Amine-N- Polycarboxylates Complexes of Cobalt(II) by Periodate Ions in Aqueous Medium
R.M. Naik*, A. Srivastava, A.K. Tiwari, S.B.S. Yadav and A.K. Verma

Phosphatation of Iron Powder Metallurgical Samples for Corrosion Protection
H. Ashassi-Sorkhabi*, D. Seifzadeh and H. Harrafi

Quantitation of Ranitidine in Pharmaceuticals by Titrimetry and Spectrophotometry Using Potassium Dichromate as the Oxidimetric Reagent
K. Basavaiah* and B.C. Somashekar

Investigations on Chemical Interactions between Alternate Cathodes and Lanthanum Gallate Electrolyte for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (ITSOFC)
A. Samson Nesaraj*, M. Kumar, I. Arul Raj, I. Radhakrishna and R. Pattabiraman

Synthesis and Immunomodulatory Activity of Some Novel Amino Acid Germinates
A.M. Badawi and A.A. Hafiz*

Synthesis, Physico-Chemical and Thermal Characteristics of Seven and Ten Coordinated Complexes of Trivalent Lanthanides Derived from 4[N-(cinnamalidene)amino]antipyrine Semicarbazone and Diphenyl Sulfoxide
R.K. Agarwal*, B. Prakash, V. Kumar and A. Aslam Khan