Assessment of Certain Biochemical Parameters Among Petrol Station Workers in South Babylon City, Iraq

Abstract

The current study aimed to know the effect of benzene and its components on some physiological features in the worker's blood at filling stations, as 50 blood samples were collected from people working at gas stations and in direct contact with benzene, and 50 blood samples were collected from people who don't work at gas stations and were considered a control group. Laboratory tests, including biochemical tests, were performed, including the estimation of total protein (TSP), determination of urea (B.U.) and serum creatinine, evaluation of enzyme effectiveness (AST, ALT, and ALP), the estimation of total bilirubin (T.S.B.), measurement of Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase (GGT), determination of electrolyte concentration (Na+, Ca++, K+). The findings of the research of biochemical variables exhibited significant alterations in activity of the Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase (GGT), electrolyte concentration (sodium, calcium, potassium), and heavy metal concentration (lead, zinc, copper), as well as thyroxine (T3) concentration in the blood serum. The search results also showed there were no significant differences in the concentration of urea and creatinine, the activity of enzymes (AST, ALT, ALP), the bilirubin concentration, the total protein concentration, or the TSH-hormone concentration (TSH and T4) in the worker's blood and the control group.