Effect of lycopene application in rats with experimental diabetes using lipoprotein, paraoxonase and cytokines.

This study was conducted with the purpose of researching the effect of lycopene application on lipoprotein, paraoxonase (PON) and cytokines that are projected to be used in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes by making experimental diabetes. At the end of a 1-month trial period, under ether anesthesia with jelly tubes, blood samples were taken from rat hearts. Blood samples were centrifuged and serum was obtained.

The electrophoretical determination of serum protein fractions in lycopene treated experimental diabetic rats.

This study was planned to determine the effects of lycopene treatment on serum protein fractions in experimental diabetic rats. In order to induce diabetes in rats in the diabetes (D) and diabetes + lycopene (DL) groups, rats were given 45 mg/kg single-dose streptozotocin intraperitoneally. Lycopene (10 mg/kg/day dissolved in sunflower oil) was administered to the rats in the lycopene-only (L) and DL groups.

The effect of lycopene treatment on ACE activity in rats with experimental diabetes.

In this study, the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant known as lycopene was applied to rats with experimental diabetes with the aim of investigating the detection of diabetes-related complications, and to determine the possible role of lycopene in diabetes complications regarding the effects of ACE activity. In order to induce diabetes in rats in the diabetes (D) and diabetes+lycopene (DL) groups, rats were given 45 mg/kg single-dose streptozotocin (STZ) intraperitoneally (i.p.

A familial outbreak of fascioliasis in Eastern Anatolia: a report with review of literature.

Aim: To present the results of a cross-sectional epidemiological analysis of a familial outbreak of fascioliasis in Eastern Anatolia and to discuss the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic properties of the patients.

Materials And Methods: A screening group consisting of 92 individuals from the same family with a history of watercress ingestion and a control group consisting of 30 individuals from neighboring families were included in the study. In both groups, full blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, liver function tests and total IgE levels were assessed.

The occurrence and antibiotic resistance of motile Aeromonas in livestock.

The present study was carried out to assess the prevalence of motile Aeromonas spp. in the faeces of clinically healthy sheep, cattle and horses and evaluate their susceptibility to some anti-microbial agents. Rectal swabs from 120 sheep, 85 cattle and 20 horses were examined for Aeromonas species using alkaline peptone water (pH 8.

Report of three children with leptospirosis in rural area of the east of Turkey.

Leptospirosis is a systemic infection usually producing fever with hepatorenal involvement, meningoencephalitis, and hemorrhage. In this article, we present three children between 10 and 13 years of age with leptospirosis. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize that leptospirosis is a problem in our country with farmers/cattle and that leptospirosis should be considered in certain ill children.