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                                                                                    <journal-title>Sakarya University Journal of Science</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2147-835X</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Sakarya University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.16984/saufenbilder.1080420</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Structural Biology</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Yapısal Biyoloji </subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Investigation of Vitamins, Glutathione and Stress Biomarkers in Blood Serum of Patients with Breast Cancer</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-0453</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Awla Ibraım</surname>
                                    <given-names>Awat Hamad</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7225-8903</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Özer</surname>
                                    <given-names>Dursun</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0884-027X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Karataş</surname>
                                    <given-names>Fikret</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1531-5454</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Saydam</surname>
                                    <given-names>Sinan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20230430">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2023</year>
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                                        <volume>27</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>464</fpage>
                                        <lpage>480</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20220301">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>01</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20230117">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>17</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1997, Sakarya University Journal of Science</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1997</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Sakarya University Journal of Science</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Breast cancer is a genetic disease caused by the accumulation of mutations in neoplastic cells and is responsible for the highest morbidity and mortality. In this study, blood serum samples from 45 breast cancer patients and 32 healthy individuals (control group) were used. The amounts of vitamins (A, E, β-carotene, C, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9 and B12), glutathione (GSH, GSSG) stress biomarkers (4-HNE, MDA) were determined by HPLC. A significant difference was found between the breast cancer patients and the control group in terms of age and body mass index (BMI) (p</p></abstract>
                                                                                    
            
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                                                    <kwd>Breast Cancer</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Vitamins</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Reduced glutation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  oxidised glutation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  4-hydroxy neoneal</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  malondealdehyde.</kwd>
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                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">Fırat Üniversitesi</named-content>
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                                                                            <award-id>FUBAP FF.19.33</award-id>
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