title: [Effects of cigarette smoking on antioxidant vitamin and activities of antioxidases].
abstract: Levels of plasma vitamin C and E (P-VC, P-VE), beta-carotene (P-beta-Car), lipoperoxides (P-LPO), and activity of erythrocyte superoxide dismutase (E-SOD) were measured in 871 healthy smokers and 348 healthy non-smokers to study the relationship between cigarette smoking and antioxidant vitamins and oxygen free radicals. Results showed that levels of P-VC, P-VE, P-beta-Car and E-SOD reduced significantly, and level of P-LPO increased significantly in smokers, as compared with those in non-smokers. Levels of P-VC, P-VE, P-beta-Car and E-SOD reduced and level of P-LPO increased in 65 male smokers at the same age, with the increase of duration of smoking and quantity of cigarettes smoked, showing a linear correlationship. It suggested that there existed serious imbalance between oxidation and antioxidation in the bodies of smokers, and oxygen free radical reaction and reaction of lipoperoxidation obviously intensified.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Surveillance Station of Drug Abuse, Hangzhou.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000097:blood*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood*; D019207:beta Carotene / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D019207:beta Carotene; D014810:Vitamin E; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D001205:Ascorbic Acid