Superoxide dismutase response: physiological plasticity in tobacco users.

CONCLUSIONS: E-SOD was found to be lowest among tobacco chewers probably due to the fact of excessive enzyme activity against prolonged release of carcinogens. The variability in the enzyme activity envisaged its potential as a biomarker in establishing the oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) much before the lesions arises or detect the progression of existing lesion to malignancy. PMID: 30620163 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Stomatologica - Category: Dentistry Tags: Minerva Stomatol Source Type: research