Estimation of serum beta-carotene level in patients suffering from oral submucous fibrosis

• Published in: Journal of experimental therapeutics & oncology Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 267 - 271
• Main Authors: Rathod, Yogesh G, Kulkarni, Sunita P, Khairnar, Mahesh R, Joshi, Purushottam N, Patle, Bhaskar K, Pagare, Jaishree S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2018
• Subjects: Areca; beta Carotene - blood; Disease Progression; Female; Humans; Male; Mastication; Oral Submucous Fibrosis - diagnosis; Antioxidants; Cigarette Smoking; Oral submucuos fibrosis; Beta carotene

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF), an insidious disease, has not been widely studied with respect to levels of serum beta-carotene (b-carotene). Hence present study aimed to estimate level of serum beta carotene in patients with OSMF. 40 subjects (study subjects) with different grades of OSMF and 40 ap...