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Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
FREE RADICALS AND ANTIOXIDANTS	Second cycle	CEBK 516		1	8.00	8.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Doç.Dr.Behzat Çimen
Lecturer(s)	Doç.Dr.Behzat Çimen
Teaching assitant(s)	None
Mode of delivery	The emphasis of this course will be on the free radical formation and the effects of free radicals on cells. In addition , scavenger effects of antioxidant defence system on free radicals will be the emphasis of this course.
Course objective	The objective of this course is to teach the student the effect of free radicals and antioxidant defence system.
Course description	Only postgraduate students are accepted for the course

Course contents

1	Introduction to free radicals, what is a free radicals?
2	How free radicals are formed?
3	The effects of free oxygen radicals
4	The effects of nitrogen radicals
5	Introduction to antioxidant, what is a antioxidant?
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7	How antioxidant may prevent against free radical damage?
8	Scavenger effects of antioxidant the free radicals
9	The antioxidants and disease prevention
10	The role of free radicals in diabetes mellutus
11	The role of free radicals in cancer, aging, atheriosclerosis, ischemia.
12	Lipid peroxidation
13	Experimental determination of free radicals
14	Articles Presentation
15	FİNAL EXAMINATION
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	To teach the student the effect of free radicals and antioxidant defence system.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	3	42
Homework	5	5	25
Presentation / seminar	5	10	50
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	15	15
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			198
ECTS			8.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homework	1	20
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Free radicals and physiopathological effects. Mimoza publishing co., 1995. Nitric oxide, biological functions and toxic effects, Palme publishing co., 2003.
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