title: A study of free radicals and scavenging enzyme in tonsillitis.
abstract: The present study is a comparison of malonaldialdehyde (MDA) level and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity between controls and in tonsillitis patients of different degree before (pre) and after (post) surgery (tonsillectomy). The SOD activity increases in pretonsillectomy cases according to severity of disease and there is a rise in MDA level whereas after tonsillectomy although the increase in SOD is marginal but MDA declines sharply as compared to pretonsillectomy patients indicating that the SOD exerts its protective effect after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T. & Pharmacology, King George's Medical College, Luchnow.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Gujrati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vrat
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shanker
mesh_terms: D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism*; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase