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Peter N, Chiramel KJ, A R S. Effect of Alcohol Withdrawl on Glutathione S-transferase, Total Antioxidant Capacity and Amylase in Blood and Saliva of Alcohol-Dependent Males. J Clin Diagn Res. 2013;7(5):797-800doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/4658.2942.
Peter, N., Chiramel, K. J., & A R, S. (2013). Effect of Alcohol Withdrawl on Glutathione S-transferase, Total Antioxidant Capacity and Amylase in Blood and Saliva of Alcohol-Dependent Males. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 7(5), 797-800. https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/4658.2942
Peter, Neethumol, et al. "Effect of Alcohol Withdrawl on Glutathione S-transferase, Total Antioxidant Capacity and Amylase in Blood and Saliva of Alcohol-Dependent Males." Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR vol. 7,5 (2013): 797-800. doi: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/4658.2942
Peter N, Chiramel KJ, A R S. Effect of Alcohol Withdrawl on Glutathione S-transferase, Total Antioxidant Capacity and Amylase in Blood and Saliva of Alcohol-Dependent Males. J Clin Diagn Res. 2013 May;7(5):797-800. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/4658.2942. Epub 2013 May 01. PMID: 23814713; PMCID: PMC3681040.
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J Clin Diagn Res. 2013 May;7(5):797-800. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/4658.2942. Epub 2013 May 01.

Effect of Alcohol Withdrawl on Glutathione S-transferase, Total Antioxidant Capacity and Amylase in Blood and Saliva of Alcohol-Dependent Males.

Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR

Neethumol Peter, Kevin J Chiramel, Shivashankara A R

Affiliations

  1. Lecturer in Biochemistry, Presentation College , Puthenvellikara, Kerala .

PMID: 23814713 PMCID: PMC3681040 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/4658.2942

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Alcohol biomarkers help in the early detection of alcoholism and its complications. There is a paucity of studies in India on the salivary markers of systemic diseases in general and on salivary alcohol biomarkers in particular.

OBJECTIVES: The present study was aimed at assessing the effect of alcohol withdrawal on the antioxidants and amylase in blood and saliva, and at finding the correlation between the blood and the salivary parameters in alcoholics.

METHODS: Sixty alcohol-dependent males who were in the age group of 30 - 70 years, who were admitted to the Deaddiction Centre for alcohol withdrawal treatment for one month, were the subjects of this study; age-matched healthy individuals were the controls. In the blood and saliva samples, the activities of Glutathione S-Transferase (GST) and amylase and the Total Antioxidant Capacity (TAC) were assayed.

RESULTS: The alcohol-dependent subjects showed significantly lower GST and amylase activities and the TAC in blood and saliva as compared to those in the controls (P<0.001). The alcohol withdrawal caused a significant increase in the GST and amylase activities and the TAC to near-control values. In the alcohol-dependent subjects, there was a significant correlation between the values in blood and saliva with respect to GST and TAC.

CONCLUSIONS: Alcoholism causes an impaired antioxidant capacity and a decreased secretion of amylase, which is ameliorated due to the alcohol withdrawal regimen . The strong correlation between blood and saliva with respect to the antioxidants suggests the potential future use of saliva as a laboratory tool in clinical medicine.

Keywords: Alcoholism; Amylase; Antioxidants; Glutathione S-transferase; Saliva

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