Background: Observations in humans and in animal models have shown that statins, besides reducing cholesterol levels and ischemic heart disease, might also reduce the risk of osteoporotic fractures. The purpose of this ...

Glutamine is considered a nonessential amino acid, but it may be conditionally essential in patients with catabolic conditions. For centuries, researchers have looked for ways to promote and accelerate fracture healing. ...

Objective: Menisci are fibrocartilage tissue that have many functions in the knee joint. Studies showed the early progression of osteoarthrtic changes after meniscectomy. The osteoarthritic knee has some meniscal changes ...

Amaç: Menisküsler dizde birçok işlevi olan fibröz kıkırdak yapısında dokulardır. Menisküsü çıkarılmış dizlerde erken dejeneratif artrit geliştiği birçok çalışmada gösterilmiştir. Osteoartritik dizlerde ise kıkırdak ...

AIM: To evaluate the effect of propolis administrationon the healing of colon anastomosis with light andtransmission electron microscopes.METHODS: Forty-eight Wistar-Albino female ratswere divided into two groups and had ...

Background This study was designed to examine the effects of propolis on the liver and biliary system when used as a scolicidal agent. Materials and Methods Thirty Wistar–Albino rats were divided into two groups. Propolis ...

Background: To examine the effects of honey on oxidative stress and apoptosis in experimental obstructivejaundice model.Method: Thirty rats were divided into 3 groups: group I, sham-operated; group II, ligation and divisionof ...

AIM: To evaluate the effects of honey on bacterialtranslocation and intestinal villus histopathology inexperimental obstructive jaundice.METHODS: Thirty Wistar-Albino rats were randomlydivided into three groups each including ...

IM: To examine the effects of 10% diluted honey, which has been shown to be scolicidal, on the liver and biliary system and determine whether it could be used as a scolicidal agent in the presence of biliary-cystic c ...