Turkish Journal of Biology
Abstract
Blood samples were taken from farmworkers (n=40) who had been long-term exposed with pesticides (16.52±6.92 years) in Içel and surrounding agricultural areas and measured erythrocyte superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities were measured using spectrophotometric assignation. These antioxidant enzymes were also evaulated in people who had not been exposed to pesticides (n=30). It was observed that erythrocyte SOD levels were significantly higher (p
DOI
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Keywords
Pesticide, chronic exposure, farmworkers, erythrocyte, SOD, CAT.
First Page
483
Last Page
488
Recommended Citation
ÇÖMELEKOĞLU, ÜLKÜ; MAZMANCI, BİRGÜL; and ARPACI, ABDULLAH (2000) "Erythrocyte Superoxide Dismutase and Catalase Activities in AgricultureWorkers Who Have Been Chronically Exposed to Pesticides," Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 24: No. 3, Article 8. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol24/iss3/8
