title: Distribution of detoxifying genes polymorphism in Maharastrian population of central India.
abstract: The present study is aimed at evaluating the genotype frequency of detoxifying genes such as GSTM1, GSTT1 and NQO1 in Maharastrian population of central India. The study revealed about 64.6% of GSTM1-positive and 35.4% GSTM1-null population. GSTT1-positive genotype was found to be 87.5% and GSTT1-null showed 12.5%. The NQO1 genotype of Maharastrian population showed 52.3% of C/C, 42.48% C/T and 5.18% T/T. The NQO1 of this population does not deviate from the expected Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The genotype frequencies GSTM1 and GSTT1 of the population when compared with other ethnic groups of Asia and Caucasians show distinct nature of Maharastrian population from other Asian and Caucasian population.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440 020, India.
authors.forename: Sivanesan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saravana Devi
authors.forename: Nadimuthu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vinayagamoorthy
authors.forename: Meenal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Arup
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Raka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Pravin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Naoghare
authors.forename: Sreya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumbhakar
authors.forename: Kannan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthi
authors.forename: Jan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hengstler
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hermes
authors.forename: Tapan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005838:Genotype; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008875:Middle Aged; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone) / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone); C447479:NQO1 protein, human; C413545:glutathione S-transferase T1