Open AccessEvaluation of Salivary Nitric Oxide Levels in Smokers, Tobacco Chewers and Patients with Oral Lichenoid Reactions
Author(s) -
S Preethi,
Joy Idiculla Jose,
B Sivapathasundharam,
B Sabarinath
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/16517.7126
Subject(s) - nitric oxide , medicine , saliva , lesion , pathological , dentistry , chewing tobacco , gastroenterology , dermatology , pathology , cancer
Nitric oxide (NO), a free radical, acts as a signalling molecule affecting numerous physiological and pathological processes. Role of nitric oxide as a mediator in tobacco related habits and the resultant oral lichenoid reactions was assessed.
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