title: Measurement of NADH concentration in normal and malignant human tissues from breast and oral cavity.
abstract: We report measurements of the concentration of NADH from malignant and non-malignant sites of tissues resected from patients suffering from cancer of the breast or oral cavity. The concentration of NADH was found to be significantly higher in malignant breast-tissue sites as compared with normal breast tissue, whereas the opposite result was obtained with malignant and normal tissues from the oral cavity. These results confirm the inferences made previously, from spectroscopic studies, and are consistent with other biochemical measurements reported in breast and oral cavity tissues.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Applications Section, Centre For Advanced Technology, Indore, India 452013.
authors.forename: Abha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uppal
authors.forename: Pradeep Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D046508:Culture Techniques; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009243:NAD / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009243:NAD