Effects of Smoking on Proteins Level and Alpha Amylase Activity in Sera of Iraqi Narghile Smokers

A. Zainulabdeen, Jwan

	Effects of Smoking on Proteins Level and Alpha Amylase Activity in Sera of Iraqi Narghile Smokers
Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science
Article 1, Volume 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 33-40
Author
Jwan A. Zainulabdeen
Abstract
Smoking can be described as a chronic and progressive disease which is also contagious, it can damage every part of the body. Narghile smoking is a kind of social event in café, which is recently spreaded to all cultures across the world. The present study was performed on (27)narghile smokers comparing with (24) non-smokers. Some biochemical parameters (Total serum protein, albumin, globulins, albumin/globulin ratio as well as amylase activity and its specific activity) were determined, then statistical differences between the bothgroups were calculated using SPSS statistical program, meanwhile all biochemical parameters were measured spectrophotometrly. The results obtained show that total serum protein (8.192±1.421 vs. 6.175±1.008, p<0.001) and globulins (4.0841±1.484 vs. 1.8475±1.403, p<0.001) concentrations in smokers group were higher than non-smokers, while reduced levels of albumin (4.085±1.48 vs. 4.5113±0.8223, p<0.05 ), albumin/globulin ratio (0.7337±0.2527vs.1.475±0.768,p<0.001),amylaseactivity(211.074±157.224 vs. 345.450±236.2134, p<0.05), and amylase specific activity (26.111±12.814 vs. 55.50± 21.045, p<0.001) were observed. The current study, for the first time, indicated the negative effect of narghile smoking on serum proteins levels and alpha amylase activity, hence, narghile smoking effect may has more significant risks when it is prolonged.

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