AIM/BACKGROUND: Pistacia terebinthus is used as a coffee substitute in the East and Southern Anatolia regions of Turkey. It contains unsaturated fatty acids, tocopherols, polyphenols and carotenoids. P. terebinthus has anti-inflammatory and potential antioxidant activity. In this study we evaluated the protective effects of P. terebinthus coffee (PTC) on thioacetamide (TAA)-induced liver injury in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were equally randomized into four groups. Chronic liver injury was induced with TAA (100 mg/kg i.p. three times weekly). The first group of rats served as control and received only tap water (G1), and the remaining groups of rats received PTC, p.o (G2); TAA (G3); TAA plus PTC, p.o (G4), respectively. RESULTS: After 8 weeks, PTC intake significantly reduced fibrosis/inflammation scores (p PTC intake reduced transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) concentrations in the liver (p PTC intake. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: PTC intake provided beneficial effects against TAA-induced liver injury in rats. PTC probably suppresses the proinflammatory cytokines through NF-κB signaling pathway. and I. H. Bahcecioglu, M. Ispiroglu, M. Tuzcu, C. Orhan, M. Ulas, U. Demirel, M. Yalniz, I. H. Özercan, N. Ilhan, K. Sahin
Příčina neplodnosti infertilního páru v polovině případů stojí na straně muže. Oxidační stres je jedním z důvodů zhoršené plodnosti muže. Článek rozebírá etiologii a mechanizmus vzniku oxidačního stresu a shrnuje současné poznatky o možnostech diagnostiky a léčby oxidačního stresu spermií., In half of the cases of infertility in infertile pairs is due to the pathology of the man. Oxidative stress is one of the reasons of impaired fertility in a male. This article analyses the etiology and mechanism of oxidative stress and summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding the diagnostics options and treatment of oxidative stress of sperm., Lukáš Bittner, Matúš Chocholatý, Marcela Čechová, Tomáš Zima, Robert Grill, and Literatura