Plasma paraoxonase and arylesterase activities in smokers and smokeless tobacco users as Maras powder

KURTUL N., Soylemez S., ÇELİK M.

INHALATION TOXICOLOGY, vol.26, no.4, pp.235-239, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.3109/08958378.2013.878007
  • Journal Name: INHALATION TOXICOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.235-239
  • Keywords: Arylesterase, Maras powder, Nicotiana rustica Linn, oxidative stress, paraoxonase, smokeless tobacco, HIGH-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN, OXIDATIVE STRESS, CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE, SERUM PARAOXONASE, RISK, NICOTINE, NITROSAMINES, SMOKING
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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.