Okonji Raphael Emuebie, Kuku Adenike
Department of Biochemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Niger J Physiol Sci. 2010 Nov 28;25(2):125-7.
The purpose of this investigation was to determine and compare the activities of arginase and rhodanese in the blood plasma of cigarette smokers and non-smokers.The activity of arginase in the blood plasma of smokers was higher than arginase activity in the non-smokers (NS), however,in the smokers with diseases (SWD), the increase was significant. The comparison between the activity of rhodanese in the SWD, smokers without diseases (SWOD) and NS blood plasma revealed a decrease in the activity of rhodanese in NS and no significant difference in the three groups with P=0.8677. This paper reported the enhancing effect of cigarette smoking could have on the disease state of smokers due to high arginase activity.
本研究的目的是测定并比较吸烟者和非吸烟者血浆中精氨酸酶和硫氰酸酶的活性。吸烟者血浆中精氨酸酶的活性高于非吸烟者（NS），然而，在患病吸烟者（SWD）中，这种增加是显著的。对SWD、无病吸烟者（SWOD）和NS血浆中硫氰酸酶的活性进行比较发现，NS组硫氰酸酶活性降低，三组之间无显著差异，P = 0.8677。本文报道了吸烟可能因其精氨酸酶活性高而对吸烟者的疾病状态产生增强作用。
