Abstract
Chicken erythrocytes treated with 100-μM t-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP) were more than 80% hemolyzed in 2 h and more than 90% hemolyzed after 4 h of incubation. Autologous plasma retarded the rate of hemolysis of chicken red cells produced by t-BHP. Dialysis of chicken plasma resulted in a marked decrease in the ability of plasma to protect erythrocytes from hemolysis by t-BHP. Low molecular weight components of plasma such as uric acid are hypothesized to account for much of the dialyzable material that protects red cells from hemolysis.
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