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Evaluation of the Role of Serum Malondialdehyde in the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy

Background:  The most typical consequence of diabetes mellitus is diabetic retinopathy. An important part of the etiology of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy is played by oxidative stress. Malondialdehyde is a dialdehyde that is moderately toxic and is frequently used as a marker for oxidative stress as well as lipid peroxidation.                    

Objectives: To assess the serum malondialdehyde levels in diabetic patients with and those without retinopathy and to compare these levels to controls .In additions to, investigate the relationship between serum malondialdehyde level and long glycemic control, the glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c).

Patients and Methods: This case-control study included (120) individuals from 40 to 70 years of age. They were divided into three groups: Group 1: 40 type 2diabetic patients with retinopathy, Group 2 :40 type 2 diabetic patients without retinopathy, and Group 3 40 controls .The biochemical testes included fasting blood glucose measured by Cobas c 311 systems, glycated hemoglobinHbA1c measured by Cobas c 111 systems, and serum malondialdehyde (MDA) measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Results: A higer mean value of (MDA) was found serum diabetic patients with and without retinopathy as compared to control (p=0.0001). As well as a significantly higher mean value of serum (MDA)  in diabetic patients with retinopathy as compared to those without (p=0.0001).A significant positive correlation was found between serum(MDA)  and HbA1C in diabetic patient with retinopathy group (r=0.931,p=0.0001) .

Conclusion: Higher serum levels of malondialdehyde is an indicator of increased lipid peroxidation that may be involved in pathogeneses of retinopathy in uncontrolled type 2 diabetic patients.

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Publication Date
Thu May 13 2004
Journal Name
The College Of Arts/ Al-mustansiriyya University
The Linguistic Aspect of Euphemism in Jane Austen's Novel Emma: Motivation and Formation

APDBN Rashid, The College of Arts/ Al-Mustansiriyya University, 2004

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Publication Date
Tue Nov 13 2018
Journal Name
Ibn Al-haitham Journal For Pure And Applied Sciences
Tegretol (Carbamazepine) Effect on the Morphometric Assay of Liver in Female White Mice (Mus musculus)

Carbamazepine (CBZ) is one of many anticonvulsants used to treat trigeminal neuralgia and epilepsy. Antiepileptic drugs (AED`s) are the second most important class of medications that lead to hepatotoxicity and induced liver injury, this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of CBZ on the liver. A total of 40 female mice were taken and divided into four groups (A/treated for 14 days, B/ control, C/ treated for 30 days, D/ control), the drug was given as an oral suspension formula 100mg/5ml at dose 20 mg/kg/mouse via gastric gavage daily for 14 and 30 days. Statistical analysis revealed that there were no significant differences in the white female mice body weight (P>0.05) in the treated group for 14 days as well

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Publication Date
Sun Mar 03 2013
Journal Name
Baghdad Science Journal
Effect of Methotrexate on the Liver Enzymes and Lipid Profile in Adult Female Albino Mice

Methotrexate (MTX) was used for treatment of malignancies and now is widely used in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. In this research the evaluation of the effects of MTX on some liver enzymes and lipid profile was studied. Twenty four adult female mice divided into three groups (8 mice each). The first two groups were treated with MTX while the third group was used as a control. MTX was intraperitoneally given at 50 µg/ml and 75 µg/ml to the first and second groups respectively for 35 days ,whereas the control group was intraperitoneally injected with normal saline. The results showed a significant (p<0.05) increase in serum levels of glutamic oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT) , glutamic pyruric transaminase (GPT), Alkaline pho

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Publication Date
Wed Feb 08 2023
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Science
Ecology and Geographical Distribution for Six Species of the Genus Echinops L.(compositae) in Iraq

This study includes six species related to the genus Echinops L. (composite) grown in Iraq which are listed below: E.armatus Boiss. & Hausskn., E. bicolor Nabelek, E. cephalotes DC., E.haussknechtii Boiss., E. moulensis Rech., E. nitens Bornm., the geographical distribution and ecological preferences' were documented.
It has been also observed that this genus was distributed near waterfalls, vallies, road side, dry limestone, clay soil and hard rocky soil in Different heights. The most separated species was E.armatus and the least separated one was E.haussknechtii, the species was listed in diagram and distributed on a map.

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Publication Date
Sat Jan 20 2024
Journal Name
Ibn Al-haitham Journal For Pure And Applied Sciences
Determining of Efficiency For The N749 Dye contact with TiO2 In Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

In this research, we investigate and evaluate the efficiency of a hetero junction N749-  device based on a simple donor-acceptor model for electron transfer. Electron transfer from a photo-excited N749 sensitized into a wide-band gap  is the basic charge separation in dye-sensitized solar cells, or "DSSCs". Due to the understanding of the current of the DSSCs functioning mechanism, the energy levels of the hetero junction N749-  device surrounded by DCM solvent as polar media must be continuum levels. The current-voltage (J-V) characteristics of the N749- device are calculated in two concentrations at room temperature (T=300 k) and 100   irradiation. The fill factor and efficiency of the device are found to be 0.134 and 6.990 for con

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Publication Date
Sun Jun 05 2016
Journal Name
Baghdad Science Journal
Flame Atomic Emission and Colorimetric Methods for the Determination of Cephalexin Monohydrate in Pharmaceutical Preparations

We propose two simple, rapid, and convenient spectrophotometric methods which are described for the determination of cephalexin in bulk and its pharmaceutical preparations. They are based on the measurement of the flame atomic emission of potassium ion (in the first method) and colorimetric determination of the green colored solution at 610 nm formed after the reaction of cephalexin with potassium permanganate as an oxidant agent (in the second method) in basic medium. The working conditions of the methods are investigated and optimized. Beer's law plot shows a good correlation in the concentration range of 5-40?g ml-1. The detection limits are 2.573,2.814 ?g ml-1 for the flame emission photometric method and 1.844,2.016 ?g ml-1 for colo

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Publication Date
Tue Mar 14 2023
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Science
On the Dynamics of Prey-Predator Model Involving Treatment and Infections Disease in Prey Population

In this paper, a mathematical model consisting of the prey- predator model with treatment and disease infection in prey population is proposed and analyzed. The existence, uniqueness and boundedness of the solution are discussed. The stability analyses of all possible equilibrium points are studied. Numerical simulation is carried out to investigate the global dynamical behavior of the system.

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Publication Date
Wed Jun 08 2022
Journal Name
Applied Sciences
Effect of Adjuvant, Concentration and Water Type on the Droplet Size Characteristics in Agricultural Nozzles

One of the goals of adding adjuvants to agricultural spray solutions is to enhance the droplet size characteristics of this spray. Droplet size, in turn, has an influence in the deposited spray quality, in addition to the drift and losses of spray to off-target places. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of adding adjuvants to two types of water from different sources on the droplet size characteristics. Two types of adjuvants were employed in the tests: the active substance content of the first adjuvant was a 50% aqueous solution of sodium salt of alkylbenzenesulfonic acid—10% (HY), whereas the second was from rapeseed oil (natural origin)—85% (OL). Both adjuvants were tested in two concentrations: the first was

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Publication Date
Sun Nov 01 2020
Journal Name
Iop Conference Series: Materials Science And Engineering
Fatigue Characterization for Composite Materials used in Artificial Socket Prostheses with the Adding of Nanoparticles
Abstract<p>The prostheses sockets use normally composite materials which means that their applications may be related with the human body. Therefore, it was very necessary to improve the mechanical properties of these materials. The prosthetic sockets are subjected to varying stresses in gait cycle scenario which may cause a fatigue damage. Therefore, it is necessary or this work to modify the fatigue behavior of the materials used for manufacturing the prostheses sockets. In this work, different Nano particle materials are used to modify the mechanical properties of the composite materials, and increase the fatigue strength. By using an experimental technique, the effect of using different volu</p> ... Show More
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Publication Date
Tue May 01 2012
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Physics
Gamma radiation induced changes in the optical properties of CdTe thin films for dosimetric purposes

The effect of 0.662MeV gamma radiation on the optical properties of the CdTe thin films was studied. 300nm thickness of CdTe samples were irradiated with doses (10, 20, 30,60krad) in room temperature. The absorption spectra for all the samples were recorded using UV- Visible spectrometer in order to calculate the energy gap, width of localized states and optical constants(refractive index, extinction coefficient, real and imaginary parts of dielectric constant). The optical energy gap was found to decrease from (1.53 to 1.48 eV), while the width of localized states increased from (1.34 to 1.49 eV) with the increasing of radiation dose. The behavior of energy gap with the irradiation dose makes the material a good candidate for dosimetry

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