glutathione s-transferase (gst) is a superfamily enzyme which plays a major role indetoxification of xenobiotic compounds by catalyzing the conjugation of xenobiotic to cellular glutathione(gsh). gst-p is an important class of gsts which is expressed during the early stage of life and duringdevelopmental stages. its activity is relatively high during embryogenesis and immediately after birth an...

fascioliasis is a worldwide parasitic disease in human and domestic animals. the causative agents of fascioliasis are fasciola hepatica and fasciola gigantica. in the recent years, fasciola resistance to drugs has been reported in the many of publications. fasciola spp has detoxification system including gst enzyme which may be responsible for its resistance. therefore , the aim of the study wa...

background: the glutathione s-transferase (gst) family of metabolising enzymes plays an important role in the detoxification of mutagens and carcinogens. the expression of many of these cancer susceptibility enzymes is genetically polymorphic. an increased frequency of gst-null genotypes has been associated with several malignancies. objective: to investigate the rate of gstt1 and gstm1 null ge...

background: endometriosis is one of the most common gynecologic disorders. it is a complex trait and both genetic and environmental factors have been implicated in its pathogenesis. there is growing evidence indicating that exposure to environmental contaminants is a risk factor for endometriosis. glutathione-s-transferase m1 (gstm1) is one of the genes involved in detoxification of endogenous ...

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Age-associated changes in several antioxidative factors were studied in blood and liver from mice prone to accelerated senescence aged O.7 to 1.4 years and mice resistant to acce]erated senescence aged 1.0 to 2.1 years. In both strains, actiyities of hepatic glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and glutathione-Stransferase (GST) decrefised significantly with age, and the actiyity of superoxide dismu...

BACKGROUND Central Europe presents with the highest incidence of sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) worldwide. As sporadic CRC represents a typical multifactorial disease, it is characterized by intense interaction of the genetic background with the environment. Glutathione S-transferases could act as attractive susceptibility genes for CRC, as they are directly involved in conjugation between gl...

The method for the estimation of oxidized and reduced glutathione (GSSG and GSH) based on the glyoxalase reaction (Woodward, 1935; Martin & Mcllwain, 1959) is the only method available with a high degree of specificity. The present paper suggests another specific method based on thioldisulphide exchange reactions. Pihl, Eldjarn & Bremer (1957) have shown that exchange reactions between GSH and ...

Background: The glutathione S-transferase (GST) family of metabolising enzymes plays an important role in the detoxification of mutagens and carcinogens. The expression of many of these cancer susceptibility enzymes is genetically polymorphic. An increased frequency of GST-null genotypes has been associated with several malignancies. Objective: To investigate the rate of GSTT1 and GSTM1 null ge...