title: [The effect of toxic components in tobacco smoke on the fatty acid profile of dental pulp].
abstract: The aim of the present study was to characterize fatty acid profile of dental pulp in non-smokers' and tobacco-smokers' with acute serous pulpitis. The fatty acid composition in the pulp of molars, pre-molars and chisel tooth in 80 tobacco-smokers and 60 non-smokers were analyzed by Gas-Chromatography with glass capillary colums. Linolic acid was revealed in both - tobacco-smokers and non-smokers; the concentration of linolic acid in tooth pulp of non-smokers was significantly higher. Non-smokers' tooth pulp contained linolic, linolenic and arachidonic acids; tobacco-smokers' - only linolic acid. The linolenic and arachidonic acids in pulp of tobacco-smokers were not discovered.
authors.affiliation: M. Asatiani Institute of Psychiatry, Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Zurabashvili
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Chanturiia
authors.forename: B Iu
authors.initials: BIu
authors.lastname: Kikalishvili
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Danelia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D012906:Smoke; D012907:Smoking; D017962:alpha-Linolenic Acid / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012906:Smoke; D017962:alpha-Linolenic Acid; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019787:Linoleic Acid