Table 3.

Antioxidant enzymes status in saliva of smokeless tobacco users.

Parameter	Groups
	Controls	Smokeless Tobacco users (SLT)
		Gutkha users	Khaini users
SOD (U/mg protein)	1.38 ± 0.21	1.14 ± 0.28	1.33 ± 0.47
CAT (µmoles/min/mg protein)	22.51 ± 5.02	11.14 ± 2.72*	20.70 ± 2.89*
GPx (mmoles/min/mg protein)	17.61 ± 2.63	9.76 ± 1.32*	10.44 ± 0.93*
GST (nmoles/min/mg protein)	79.37 ± 12.20	58.39 ± 5.20	77.35 ± 5.66*

Values are represented as the mean± SEM and * denotes that data are significantly different with the other groups.