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

2014-03-01
KURTUL, NACİYE
Soylemez, Saniye
ÇELİK, MUSTAFA
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.
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Citation Formats
N. KURTUL, S. Soylemez, and M. ÇELİK, “Plasma paraoxonase and arylesterase activities in smokers and smokeless tobacco users as Maras powder,” INHALATION TOXICOLOGY, pp. 235–239, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67261.