Exploring the efficiency of methemoglobin reductase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in maintaining the hemoglobin auto-oxidation-mediated oxidative imbalance among different grades of cigarette smokers

• Main Authors: Payel Biswas (Author), Baishali Basak (Author), Sutithi Dey (Author), Ayantika Paul (Author), Ipsita Chatterjee (Author), Rajen Haldar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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CONTEXT: The most prevalent cytosolic protein in erythrocytes, hemoglobin (Hb), autoxidizes to its met form on its own and produces superoxide, a powerful source of intracellular reactive oxygen species. The rate of auto-oxidation is directly associated with the physicochemical characteristics of Hb...