Kasim Sakran Abass

Kirkuk University · College of Pharmacy

Burn injury compromises the skin barrier and enables bacterial infection, hence delaying burn wound healing. This study aimed to determine the microbial profile of burn wounds, and resistance patterns of microbes with respect to the source of the injured patient's wound. From 130 wound swab samples were collected from burn patients at Azadi Teachin...

Photographs from 47 cows with 73 ITN lesions from 28 farms were reviewed for developing clinical grading system. Samples for histolog-ical examination (n = 18) where obtain from veterinary surgeons surgically removing teats (on clinical grounds) or cull cows from abat-toirs/fallen stock centres. Gram stain, Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS), Warthin starr...

Sub clinical mastitis is a common disease caused by lack of good management and biosecurity of dairy cattle which cause expensive losses due to decrease milk production effect on the quality efficiency of milk losses in livestock production. the study designed to review the researcher's study to detect important strategies controlling of subclinica...

Resumen and its relationship with some hematological, biochemical, and histological parameters in adult male rats Efecto protector del zinc y su relación con algunos parámetros hematológicos, bioquímicos e histológicos en ratas macho adultas The trace element zinc is essential for the construction and function of cellular proteins. The current stud...

The main aim of this study is to find out the effect of adding different levels of sumac powder in the diets of female Awassi lambs. The field experiment lasted three months, in which 12 female Awassi lambs were used at the age of 4 months with a weight rate of (16.48 ± 1.39) kg, and distributed randomly into 4 treatments at a rate of 3 replicated...

The current study is objective to estimate some biochemical tests in children who infected with E. vermicularis. The current study was performed among children aged 1-9 years in Kirkuk city, Iraq. 90 children were used in current experiment at March to September 2021. The outcomes of this study demonstrated that the s.ferrtin levels significantly l...

This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship and correlation between the levels of glycosylated hemoglobin, vitamin D, and cortisol. The sample was composed of 40 patients (20 male and 20 female), and the control group was composed of 40 healthy persons (20 male and 20 female). The markers measured in this study were fasting blood sugar (F...

Resumen changes in postmenopausal women La caries dental y cambios hormonales en mujeres posmenopáusicas Ibrahim M. Abid: Ministry of Health / Salah al-Din Health Department. D_dr. Menopause is the period of life when occur physiological changes in women that give rise to adaptive changes at both systemic and oral levels. As we all begin to reach a...

Incidencia anual de infección por Listeria monocytogenes entre mujeres embarazadas con efectos de aborto y parto prematuro en la ciudad de Kirkuk, Irak Background: Listeriosis is a severe infection that causes miscarriage and stillbirth in pregnant women. It is common in developing nations with unsanitary living circumstances. Aims of the study: Th...

Echinococcosis is a parasitic infestation with high prevalence in Iraq. Surgical treatment remains the standard gold method for treating this disease. The selection of surgical approach depends on the general condition of the patient and characters of the cyst, e.g., size, location, number of cysts, intraoperative findings, and complications such a...

Methotrexate (MX) is a drug with multiple physiological effects on the body. The objective of this search is to evaluate the enhancing action of folic acid on the blood profile of MX-treated rabbits. 30 female rabbits were divided into 3 groups and each group consisted of 10 animals. CON group, which included healthy rabbits, did not receive any tr...

Methotrexate (MX) is a drug with multiple physiological effects on the body. The objective of this search is to evaluate the enhancing action of folic acid on the blood profile of MX-treated rabbits. 30 female rabbits were divided into 3 groups and each group consisted of 10 animals. CON group, which included healthy rabbits, did not receive any tr...

chemotherapy, cancer, side effects. The increase in cancer incidence needs to constantly improve treatment with the least side effects of medication. This descriptive study was conducted to evaluate physical side effects in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. A study was conducted on 25 cancer patients receiving chemotherapy inside and outside...

Respiratory infections by different bacteria that are raised from smoking narghile and electronic cigarettes are rising steadily. This study aims to determine the relation of smoking narghiles and electronic cigarettes with respiratory infection caused by bacterial infection among different age groups in Kirkuk city. Sputum samples were taken from...

The experiment was carried to study the effect of Sage tea (Salvia officinalis L.) on the level of plasma lipid (VLDL-C, LDL-C, HDL-C, TC and TG). Twenty five mature male Wister rats aged 2.5 to 3 months and with average weight 220 gm were randomly divided into five equal groups. The first group (control group) was given water, while the four treat...

Hydatidosis, which is an endemic disease in Iraq, is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world. This occurs due to the development of the larval stage of Echinococcus spp. within the viscera of the intermediate hosts, especially the liver. Our study is designed to measure certain biochemical parameters of contaminated buffalo liver with...

The objective of this study is to compare between the cigarette smoking and Narghile smoking on some physiological and antioxidant enzyme activities of adult men. Ninety adult men from Kirkuk city employed in the study, they were categorized into three groups, in each, group 30 volunteers. 1 st group included non-smokers served as control group,2 n...

The growth inhibitory effects of azole derivatives were tested against promastigotes of L. tropica. Ketoconazole, Itraconazole, Nystatin, Clotrimazole and Terbinafine at concentration of 1mM inhibited 70%, 77%, 53%, 39% and 72% respectively, growth of promastigotes whereas Fluconazole at 25mM and Metronidazole at 0.5mg inhibited 78% and 43% respect...

The present study included the synthesis of two series of heterocyclic compounds, azetidin-2-one and 1,3-oxazepine derivatives. All synthesized compounds were characterized using FT-IR and ¹ H NMR spectra. The study was divided into two parts. The first synthesis Schiff bases derivatives (1-4) via the condensation reaction of 1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-dia...

Milk thistle (Silymarin) is a worldwide valuable medical plant which has been used for many years in the modern and alternative medicine to treat liver diseases. The current study aimed to evaluate the probable effect of legalon (standard hepatic drug) on improvement the kidney functions, lipids profile and body weight in broiler chickens. Twenty-f...

Background: Chronic Suppurative otitis media (CSOM),is a chronic inflammation of the middle ear and mastoid cavity, which presents with recurrent (otorrhea) ear discharge through a perforated tympanic membrane. The bacterial cause for CSOM can include both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria ,the most common microorganisms found in CSOM are Pseudomonas...

A thyroid hormone biosynthesis disorder within the thyroid gland may lead to hyper or hypothyroidism. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of thyroid problems in Kirkuk city and to find the correlation between anti-thyroglobulin (Anti-Tg) antibody and thyroid hormone levels. In this study, 88 patients with the age range of 20-50 years (20 ma...

Background: It is becoming progressively more understandable that overdose of indomethacin in both humans and animals causes severe hepatotoxicity. Aim: To determine the biochemical and histological changes in liver due to of indomethacin administration in adult male albino rats. Methods: Drug-treated rats were given food for the next 24 h until th...

This study examined 100 blood samples from people visited General Hospital of Samarra and the external medical laboratories in Samarra city whose ages ranged between 6-38 years from October 2019 to March 2020 to investigate toxocariasis. 100 fecal samples were examined for the presence of intestinal parasite infections to avoid any cross-reaction w...

Aim: To show role of phytase, yeast and Nigella sativaon the liver of male rat. Methods: 25 adult male rats were used in this study and divided into five groups (5 rats each group); control group. second group: rat feeding with special diet content (50mg/kg) phytase for four weeks. Third group: rat feeding with special diet content (25mg/kg) phytas...

Abstract Reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation play a role in the pathogenesis induced by the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin. This study was designed in order to investigate and demonstrate the histopathological and biochemical changes in rat brain due to chronic usage of indomethacin. Twenty one male albino rats wer...

Objective : Chronic renal failure (CRF) is one of the most prevalent diseases of human societies, especially in Iraq. Despite all advances that have been made so far, hemodialysis with all its complications is being applied as the novel treatment strategy for such individuals.Osteopontin (OPN) is a multi-functional secreted glycoprotein that plays...

Introduction: Many traditional treatments have been recommended in the alternative system of medicine for treatment of diabetes mellitus; however, the mechanism of most of the herbals used has not been defined. Objective: The present study was designed to evaluate the potential beneficial effects of grape seed extracts (GSE)in streptozotocin induce...

Introduction and Objective:Breast cancer is a heterogeneous cancer with diverse clinical symptoms and an ambiguous molecular spectrum. This study is designed to determine level changes in the leptin, ghrelin, chemerin, and adiponectin in sera of breast cancer patients. Blood samples were obtained from all women with PCOS and healthy between 8 and 1...

This study was conducted on 100 Awassi ewes in two private flocks near Kirkuk city, IRAQ to investigate the effect of location, age, litter sex and birth type on some haematological, biochemical parameters of Awassi ewes. Three blood samples collected monthly after parturition from jugular vein in using EDTA tubes. Determined haematological and bio...

The research aimed to explore the impact of sleep deprivation on some hematological parameters and concentration of some reproductive hormones in the serum of men and women volunteers. The study included 50 men and 50 women adult healthy volunteers aged between 20 to 45 years old suffering from sleep deprivation. Five ml of blood gathered from a cu...

Aim: To evolution the complement component C3 and C4 in patients COVID-19 induced cytokine released storm. Methods: The case control study was conducted in Imam AL-Hussain Hospital in Thi-Qar Governorate from February 2020 to September 2020. In our study was forty of them with cytokine storm-induce SARS-COVID 19 depended on clinical feature and lab...

Aim: To show role of phytase, yeast and Nigella sativaon the liver of male rat. Methods: 25 adult male rats were used in this study and divided into five groups (5 rats each group); control group. second group: rat feeding with special diet content (50mg/kg) phytase for four weeks. Third group: rat feeding with special diet content (25mg/kg) phytas...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Coronavirus causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), and has spread around the world as a serious pandemic. The worldwide epidemic of the SARS outbreak was reported in 2002-2003 that the CFR was estimated at 9.6% globally and much lower than the CFR of 6.4% in mainland China, while the MERS outbrea...

Trichomonas vaginalis is a flagellated protozoan parasite that causes a disease called trichomoniasis in humans. It affects the urogenital tract and is one of the most important causes of non-viral genitourinary sexually transmitted infection (STI). The host's immune response plays a very important role in the onset of pathological symptoms and the...

Introduction: Free radicals play an effective role in the pathogenesis of different pathological diseases together with cancer which is the second leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide and the main aim of this study was to estimate the of Thrombospondin (TSP-1),TAS, malondialdehyde (MDA) , Paraoxonase(PON-1), and arylesterase (ARE) ,sele...

The inflammation plays a key role for development and progression of atherosclerosis, therefore acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The study aimed to detection of inflammatory biomarker such as high sensitive C-reactive protein(hs-CRP) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentration in the serum of patients suffering from ACS. The study carried out on 88 subjec...

The inflammation plays a key role for development and progression of atherosclerosis, therefore acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The study aimed to detection of inflammatory biomarker such as high sensitive C-reactive protein(hs-CRP) and Interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentration in the serum of patients suffering from ACS. The study carried out on 88 subjec...

Background: The relations of adropin, and irisin concentrations to congestive heart failure (CHF) risk have not been comprehensively elucidated. We sought to study the markers of adropin, and irisin , both in control subjects and in CHF. Methods: The study registered thirty four patients with CHF and thirty four healthy group. Fasting venous blood...

Aim: The present study investigated the effect of Medicago sativa extract and glibenclamide on biochemical parameters in the liver as well as on pancreas tissue in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Methods: Diabetes mellitus was induced in 28 out of 35 adult male albino rats, using an intra-peritoneal injection of 65 mg/kg body weight of alloxan. The...

Aim: To determine the levels of IL-10 and IL-12 in children infected with Leishmaniadonovani. Methods: This study was conducted in Kirkuk governorate in the period from January to June 2018 and included 33 children suffering from acute visceral leishmaniasis, as they were from one to 12 years old, and Yen were attending pediatric clinics in the cit...

Covid-19 viral (SARS-CoV-2) infection evolved very rapidly to spreading geographically to become a global pandemic as declared by World Health Organization (WHO) within the first months of 2020. Viral respiratory infection such as severe acute coronavirus-2 disease (SARS-CoV-2), bacterial co-infections commonly are identified and are a major cause...

The dietary supplement defined as any substance vitamin and mineral or any added chemical material, products of herbal, the botanicals, the amino acids, or any other preparation can be ingestible, which is put in to diet to support the health of man. The supplements are utilized universal and represent a wide group of products, which are recognizab...

Background: Giardiasis is one of the famous gastroenteritis, characterized by a diarrheal illness that is caused by a microscopic parasite, called Giardia lamblia. Giardia lamblia is a flagellate infectious protozoan parasite that able of causing gastrointestinal disease in human and animals, an etiological agent that infects the small intestine of...

The study aimed to investigate the ameliorative effects of aqueous extract of Citrullus collicynthis some physiological & biochemical parameters in the serum of mice treated with Tamsulosin for 5 weeks. Aqueous extract of Citrullus were prepared and Tamsulosin drug diluted. All preparation administrated orally once in a day by gavages needle. Twent...

Background: Giardiasis is one of the famous gastroenteritis, characterized by a diarrheal illness that is caused by a microscopic parasite, called Giardia lamblia. Giardia lamblia is a flagellate infectious protozoan parasite that able of causing gastrointestinal disease in human and animals, an etiological agent that infects the small intestine of...

Introduction: Free radicals play an effective role in the pathogenesis of different pathological diseases together with cancer which is the second leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide and the main aim of this study was to estimate the of Thrombospondin (TSP-1),TAS, malondialdehyde (MDA) , Paraoxonase(PON-1), and arylesterase (ARE) ,sele...

Milk thistle (Silymarin) is a worldwide valuable medical plant which has been used for many years in the modern and alternative medicine to treat liver diseases. The current study aimed to evaluate the probable effect of legalon (standard hepatic drug) on improvement the kidney functions, lipids profile and body weight in broiler chickens. Twenty-f...

The study aimed to explore the protective and improvement effect of linseed oil (LSO) on some physiological and histological parameters of male mice treated with Bicalutamide. The study carried out on 25 male mice, all treated orally once daily by gavages needle for 40 days. Animals were allocated randomly to 5 groups each included five at controll...

Lifelong treatment with Carbamazepine (CBZ) and Valproate (VAP) may change metabolic pathway by affecting the hepatic enzyme system leading to increase vascular and cardiovascular risk in epileptic patients, so this study evaluate the effect of enzyme inducer CBZ, enzyme inhibitor VAP and non-enzyme inducer Lamotrigine (LTG) antiepileptic drugs on...

Aims: Determine the prevalence of "P. aeruginosa" among clinical samples demonstrated from Azadi Teaching Hospital in Kirkuk, Iraq and to study the antibiogram profile of the isolates. Duration of Study: from July-December 2016. Methodology: The clinical isolates were characterized by standard methods of culturing, biochemical tests then they were...

Benincasa hispida (Kundur), a member of Cucurbitaceae family, is one of the acclaimed crops that are grown primarily for its fruits and usually identified with its nutritional and medical possessions in particular in Asian countries. Kundur fruits has been appraised as a nutritious vegetable as it provides a good source for natural sugars, amino ac...

The study was carried out in Kirkuk Aleasria abattoir to show the prevalence of hydatid cysts among the slaughtered animals during the period from 1\9\2017 to 1\2\2018, the slaughtered animals were local breeds, both sex (male & female), different ages and from different region in Kirkuk province. The hydatid cysts were examined grossly by naked ey...

Lifelong treatment with Carbamazepine (CBZ) and Valproate (VAP) may change metabolic pathway by affecting the hepatic enzyme system leading to increase vascular and cardiovascular risk in epileptic patients, so this study evaluate the effect of enzyme inducer CBZ, enzyme inhibitor VAP and non-enzyme inducer Lamotrigine (LTG) antiepileptic drugs on...

The study carried out on 20 male rats, to investigate the effect of crud extract of Gundelia tournefortii on some blood parameters, with an hypoglycemic, and hepatoprotective role via antioxidant mechanism. The animals were treated with the plant extract and 0.05%H2O2, while the control group received D.W. The treatment conducted for four weeks by...

This study was conducted at the Ruminant Research Station of the Agricultural Research Department / Ministry of Agriculture, which is located in Abu Ghraib area (23 km west of Baghdad), for the period from 20 November 2019 to 20 January2020. This experiment included 15 newborn buffalo (Bubalusbubalis) wheels with a weight of 31 ± 0.42 kg. They were...

This experiment included 27 Cypriot goats with a weight of 34-48 kg. They were randomly distributed into three groups of equal number (Nine goat in each group). The first group (T1) control group (T2) the second group was given 20 ml / Omega-3 per animal and the third group (T3) was given 40 ml / Omega-3 per animal. The results showed that there wa...

The ewes were divided into four groups depending on weight, with each group containing four ewes and randomly distributed. Saccharomyces cerevisiae was added to feed in the amount of 0, 1, 2, 3 g / ewe / day for treatments (T1, T2, T3, and T4, respectively), then the T1 was the comparison treatment. Blood was withdrawn from jugular vein form each s...