Chauhan S S, Tyagi S R, Kapoor R K, Misra U K
Department of Biochemistry, V.P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi, India.
Toxicol Lett. 1989 Oct;49(1):15-20. doi: 10.1016/0378-4274(89)90095-7.
Exposure of rats to fly ash for 15 days, 6 hours daily, inhibited pulmonary and hepatic NADH-oxidase activity. The content of cytochrome b and cytochromes a + a3 was significantly lower in the lungs of the fly-ash-exposed group. However, in liver, fly ash exposure reduced the cytochrome a + a3 level without affecting the cytochrome b content, indicating a tissue-specific effect. Mitochondrial protein content in both organs was the same in both groups.
