{"title":"COMPARISON OF C AND N MINERALIZATION AND METAGENOME ANALYSIS OF RHIZOSPHERE SOILS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT COLCHICUM SPP.","authors":"İpek Eki̇ci̇, C. Darıcı, Z. Sani, S. Dinçer","doi":"10.23902/trkjnat.971156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.971156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23163,"journal":{"name":"Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85203659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DETERMINATION OF FLOW AND VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF THE KYRGYZ ETHNIC FOOD “SÜZMÖ” DEPENDING ON TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE CONTENT","authors":"Janyl Iskakova, Jamila Smanalieva","doi":"10.23902/trkjnat.925710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.925710","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23163,"journal":{"name":"Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84012959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PHENOLOGICAL BEHAVIOURS of LOCAL ENDEMIC Paeonia mascula subsp. bodurii in ÇANAKKALE","authors":"Bahar Kokcu, E. Karabacak","doi":"10.23902/trkjnat.974130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.974130","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23163,"journal":{"name":"Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77739365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A NEW SUAEDA RECORD FOR FLORA OF TURKEY: SUAEDA AEGYPTIACA (CHENOPODIACEAE-AMARANTHACEAE)","authors":"İ. Başköse, A. Yaprak","doi":"10.23902/trkjnat.903661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.903661","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23163,"journal":{"name":"Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84194144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Karakus, S. Ünal Karakuş, Fatma Usta, Ümit Herdem, Sude Aksu, F. Özdemir, Mehri Çukurcak, Ecem Çitakoğlu
{"title":"DETERMINATION OF CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF SOME DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19 ON LUNG CANCER (A549) CELLS","authors":"A. Karakus, S. Ünal Karakuş, Fatma Usta, Ümit Herdem, Sude Aksu, F. Özdemir, Mehri Çukurcak, Ecem Çitakoğlu","doi":"10.23902/trkjnat.901480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.901480","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23163,"journal":{"name":"Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77798066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ö. Somuncu, Berke Demi̇ri̇z, Irem Türkmen, S. Somuncu, B. Aksoy
{"title":"A New Treatment Possibility for Skin Inflammatory Disease Psoriasis: In vitro Assessment of Salbutamol on Psoriatic Skin Spheroids","authors":"Ö. Somuncu, Berke Demi̇ri̇z, Irem Türkmen, S. Somuncu, B. Aksoy","doi":"10.23902/trkjnat.878417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.878417","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23163,"journal":{"name":"Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89798197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zuhal Tunç, R. Akçaalan, Latife Köker, Meriç Albay
{"title":"THE FIRST REPORT OF GEOSMIN AND 2-METHYLISOBORNEOL PRODUCER CYANOBACTERIA FROM TURKISH FRESHWATERS","authors":"Zuhal Tunç, R. Akçaalan, Latife Köker, Meriç Albay","doi":"10.23902/trkjnat.884423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.884423","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23163,"journal":{"name":"Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79116179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaan Hürkan, Ş. Arslan, M. Atalar, A. Aydin, I. Demirtaş, Dogukan Mutlu, Bahattin Tabar, M. Alma
{"title":"BIOMOLECULES AND NATURAL PRODUCTS REGULATE THE HUMAN ACE2 GENE EXPRESSION ON THE LUNG CANCER CELLS","authors":"Kaan Hürkan, Ş. Arslan, M. Atalar, A. Aydin, I. Demirtaş, Dogukan Mutlu, Bahattin Tabar, M. Alma","doi":"10.23902/trkjnat.896013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.896013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23163,"journal":{"name":"Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78619895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF PLANT-OIL BASED HYDROGELS","authors":"Ozlem Yalcin Capan, Pinar Cakir Hatir","doi":"10.23902/trkjnat.925742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.925742","url":null,"abstract":"Biocompatible hydrogels are used in a variety of biomedical applications, including tissue scaffolds, drug delivery systems, lab/organ-on-a-chips, biosensors, cell-culture studies and contact lenses. The demand for novel and functional monomers to be used in hydrogel synthesis is increasing as the number of biomedical applications and need for biomaterials increase. The purpose of the study was to develop novel hydrogels from renewable materials. Acrylated methyl ricinoleate, a plant oil-based monomer, was used as the renewable material. The effects of acrylated methyl ricinoleate/N-isopropyl acrylamide molar ratio on hydrogel structural properties, thermal stability and in vitro cytotoxicity were studied. FTIR spectroscopy was used to characterize the structural properties of the hydrogels, while TGA was used to characterize the thermal properties. HEK293 and Cos-7 cell lines were used to test the cytotoxicity of the monomers and hydrogels. IC50 values for acrylated methyl ricinoleate and N-isopropyl acrylamide were found to be greater than 25 mg/mL. Cell viability of hydrogels containing 50% or more acrylated methyl ricinoleate was greater than 60%, while hydrogel biocompatibility decreased with decreasing molar ratio of acrylated methyl ricinoleate. Cells showed a minimum viability of 80% when incubated in hydrogel degradation products. An environmentally friendly synthesis method was developed and novel biocompatible hydrogels from renewable materials were produced for biomedical applications.","PeriodicalId":23163,"journal":{"name":"Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75968653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE ANTI HRSV ACTIVITY OF Ferula halophila Peşmen AQUEOUS AND METHANOL EXTRACT BY MTT ASSAY","authors":"H. Doğan, Rüstem Duman","doi":"10.23902/TRKJNAT.805545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23902/TRKJNAT.805545","url":null,"abstract":"The trend towards natural products in the world is increasing due to the increased drug resistance of infectious diseases, the high prices for drugs and the difficulty of access. Also, bacterial or viral diseases that are difficult to treat and need a long time for proper treatment cause important infections in people. Since effective drugs could not be developed for most viral infections, it is very important to find natural products against viruses to introduce them to the world of science. The antiviral activities of the aqueous and methanol extract from Ferula halophila Pesmen, an endemic species to Turkey, has been investigated against human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV, ATCC-VR-26). The cytotoxic and antiviral properties of plant extracts were investigated in HRSV / HEp-2 cell systems, respectively by the colorimetric MTT assay. In the study, the titer of RSV was used as 100 TCID50 (50% tissue culture infective dose). While MNTC (Maximum non-toxic concentration) of methanol extract was 195.313 µg/mL and CC50 (50% cytotoxic concentration) was 4366.22 µg/mL, it was determined as MNTC = 390.625 µg/mL and CC50 = 4366.22 for aqueous extract. According to the results, methanol extract showed more toxicity than the aqueous extract. The MNTC of Ribavirin used as a positive control was determined as 0.98 µg/mL and CC50 was 110.40 µg/mL. As a result of the study, it was determined that the methanol extract was not effective, whereas the aqueous extract had a significant anti-HRSV activity with the values of 50.69 µg/mL EC50 (50% Effective Concentration) and 97.54 Selectivity Index (SI). The EC50 and SI values of Ribavirin were 2.39 µg/mL and 46.19, respectively. According to the results, we can explain the presence of antiviral activity only in the aqueous extract and the absence in the methanol extract by the high toxicity of it and the insolubility of the antiviral compounds in the methanol extract.","PeriodicalId":23163,"journal":{"name":"Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90059917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}