Incense smoke is a potential hazard to human health due
to various airborne carcinogens emitted from incense burning.
The present study was conducted to determine the genotoxic
potential health effects of exposure to organic compounds
emitted from incense burning. Chromosomal aberrations in bone
marrow cells showed that incense burning generates significantly
higher levels of metaphase abnormalities and a significant
increase in DNA damage in treated groups compared to those of
the control. Also, found that the activity of serum lactate
dehydrogenase (LDH) increased significantly in incense smoke
exposure groups compared to control. These results indicate that
exposure to carcinogens emitted from incense burning may
increase health risk.