INHALATION TOXICOLOGY, vol.26, no.4, pp.235-239, 2014 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
Context: Maras powder (MP), a different type of smokeless tobacco (ST) prepared from a tobacco called Nicotiana rustica Linn, is widely used in the Southern Turkey. Smoking and ST cause oxidative stress (OS) in the human body. Paraoxonase (PON) and arylesterase (ARE) are antioxidant enzymes.