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In this study, the antimicrobial effect of bitter almond (Amygdalus nana L.) and sweet almond (Amygdalus trichamygdalus) extract were investigated. The extracts of the sweet almond which plants collected from Diyarbakır Ergani district and the extracts of the bitter almond which plants collected from Van Tuşba district. The almonds dissolved in deionized water, alcohol, and ether. Fungus, gram positive and gram negative bacteria were used as pathogens in this study. The effects of the extracts on pathogens were determined by using the disk diffusion method. According to the zones that were formed by almond extract against bacteria; The highest inhibitory effect of the extract of Amygdalus nana L. (Bitter Almond) showed the highest inhibitory effect on Enterococcus faecalis and the extract of Amygdalus trichamygdalus (Sweet Almond) on Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

Burn is a systemic injury affecting the entire organism according to its etiology and severity. The aim of this study was to investigate plasma AOPP levels before and after treatment of second- and third-degree thermal burn patients and determine the changes in this parameter, and also, to find out the relationship between AOPP level and hospitalization period and total body surface area (TBSA). The study material consisted of pediatric patients with the complaint of second- and third-degree thermal burns aged between 1 and 18 years, with a burn area exceeding 10%. Blood samples were taken twice before and after treatment. AOPP level in blood plasma was measured in ELISA. It was observed that in the second-degree thermal burn group, AOPP level was 25.85 ± 2.82 ng/ml before the treatment decreased to 22.16 ± 3.62 ng/ml after treatment, whereas in the third-degree thermal burn group before the treatment AOPP was 25.96 ± 3.49 ng/ml, and after the treatment dropped to 21.70 ± 3.79 ng/ml, decreases were significantly important (P < .05). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of AOPP levels (P > .05). Correlation analyses in the second- and third-degree thermal burn group did not show any correlation between AOPP levels and burn area and length of hospitalization period. As a result, AOPP level has been studied, for the first time, in burn cases. In both groups, the level of AOPP increased due to oxidative stress before treatment and decreased after treatment.

The study was conducted to investigate how Ferula rigidula extract affected sperm profile, antioxidant parameters, and stereological profile in experimental diabetic rats. Performed on forty-nine male rats. The rats were randomly assigned to control group, diabetic group, diabetic + Ferula rigidula group 1, diabetic + Ferula rigidula group 2, diabetic + glibenclamide group, Ferula rigidula group 1, and Ferula rigidula group 2. While sperm count, motility, antioxidant parameters, testosterone hormone, germinal epithelial volume, and germinal epithelial height decreased in the diabetic group, abnormal sperm count, malondialdehyde level, and lumen volume increased. When ferula rigidula (extract) was given to the diabetic rats, it brought the stereological findings to the same level as the control group. In particular, Ferula rigidula group 1 had improved testosterone levels and stereological findings when Ferula rigidula extract was administered alone. As a result, Ferula rigidula extract has an antioxidant role and can be used to alleviate the problems caused by diabetes in the male reproductive system.

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