Background: With its steadily rising global prevalence posing a profound public health challenge, obesity represents a complex disorder sustained by reciprocal disturbances in energy partitioning, glycemic control, adipokine–neuroendocrine signaling, cellular redox equilibrium, and organ integrity. The aim of this stud...
Seda Çelikel Taşci, B. Bayraktar· Antioxidants· 0 citations
Oxidative stress, immune dysregulation, and disturbed metabolic adaptation contribute to early sepsis pathophysiology. This exploratory study evaluated a commercial Annona muricata leaf extract in 40 male rats assigned to five groups (n = 8/group): healthy Control, laparotomy-only Sham, untreated cecal ligation and pun...
Ufuk Ülker, B. Bayraktar, M. Alçığır et al.· Antioxidants· 0 citations
These biomarker-based and survival findings support further preclinical investigation of standardized pomegranate-derived preparations as potential adjunctive interventions; they do not establish direct intestinal permeability, mitochondrial restoration, clinical therapeutic efficacy, or a punicalagin-mediated mechanis...
Mustafa Yeni, Hilal Ürüşan, B. Bayraktar et al.· Biomedicines· 0 citations
This study aimed to determine the effects of hawthorn fruit extract (HFE) administration on asprosin and thyroid hormone (T3, T4, and TSH) responses, as well as on feeding behavior and feed efficiency performance in experimentally induced Type 1 diabetic rats. Sixty-four male Wistar Albino rats used in the study were a...
Ümmü Gülşen Bozok, Gülbahar Böyük Özcan, B. Bayraktar et al.· Turkish Journal of Agricultu...· 0 citations
Background: We examined whether cyberchondria was associated with resting heart-rate variability (HRV) in health sciences students. Methods: In this cross-sectional study of 600 students in Türkiye, we assessed cyberchondria using the 12-item Cyberchondria Severity Scale (CSS-12), negative affect using the 21-item Depr...
T. Erkılıç, B. Bayraktar, Seda Çelikel Taşci· Behavioral Science· 0 citations
