Open AccessSalivary alkaline phosphatase levels speak about association of smoking, diabetes and potentially malignant diseases???
Author(s) -
A Ravi Prakash,
Kundana Indupuru,
G Sreenath,
M Rajini Kanth,
AVikram Simha Reddy,
Y Indira
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.180934
Subject(s) - alkaline phosphatase , saliva , autoanalyzer , diabetes mellitus , biomarker , medicine , inflammation , endocrinology , physiology , gastroenterology , enzyme , biology , biochemistry
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a hydrolase intracellular enzyme participating in the metabolic processes of cells. Rise in salivary ALP (S-ALP) levels reflects inflammation and destruction of healthy tissues suggesting it as a clinical biomarker. S-ALP is used in analyzing the severity of the disease occurrence in smokers and nonsmokers who are diabetic and nondiabetic. S-ALP levels are analyzed using autoanalyzer in 40 patients who visited our department.