Open AccessRole of nitric oxide and antioxidant enzymes in the pathogenesis of oral cancer
Author(s) -
Jayendrakumar B. Patel,
Franky D. Shah,
Shilin N. Shukla,
Pankaj Shah,
Pratik Patel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.59898
Subject(s) - catalase , cancer , nitric oxide , superoxide dismutase , antioxidant , medicine , malignancy , chemistry , oxidative stress , biochemistry
Oral cancer is the leading malignancy in India. Nitric oxide and antioxidant enzymes play an important role in etiology of oral cancer. Therefore, the present study evaluates nitric oxide and antioxidant enzyme levels in healthy individual without tobacco habits (NHT, N=30) and healthy individuals with tobacco habits (WHT, n=90), patients with oral precancers (OPC, n=15) and oral cancer patients (n=126).