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- Saturday, March 23, 2002
- Hemolysis of human red blood cells by combination of riboflavin and aminophylline.
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Life Sci. 2002 Mar 15;70(17):2013-22.
Hemolysis of human red blood cells by combination of riboflavin and aminophylline.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, India. [email protected]
Abstract
The effect of aminophylline on human red blood cells (RBC) has been studied. Under in vitro condition, aminophylline alone does not hemolyse RBC. However, in the presence of riboflavin and visible light, aminophylline causes hemolysis of RBC. This hemolysis depends on the concentration of both riboflavin and aminophylline. Using different free radical scavengers we show that RBC hemolysis is caused by reactive oxygen species. Studies using bovine serum albumin show that riboflavin-aminophylline combination can also cause protein degradation in vitro.
PMID: 12148693 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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