ABSTRACT Cigarette smoke consists of a mix of chemical substances in the form of gases and dispersed particles. Recently, more than 4000 compounds presented in cigarette smoke have been isolated. Most of these compounds are toxic to our body's cells. Toxic gases including carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), nitrogen oxides, and volatile chemicals such as nitrosamines, formaldehyde ar…
Cigarette smokes produce a large number of oxidants and promote secretion of ferritin by alveolar macrophages which are potential to encourage the lipid peroxidation. Malondialdehyde (MDA) is used as a parameter of lipid peroxidation. The study was aimed to evaluate the relationship between blood level of vitamin A and ferritin and MDA among Javanese male smokers. Sixty men who lived in Purwore…
The incident of smoking is one of the world’s health problems, as smoking increases he incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Aloe vera L has anti-inflammatory, immunomodulator, and β-sitosterol properties. A research was conducted to observe its effects in preventing the cell apoptotic events as well as the increasing numbers of macrophages and the decreasing phagocytoti…