Vitamin E nanoemulsion activity on stored red blood cells.
C A L SilvaC A Azevedo FilhoG PereiraD C N SilvaM C A B CastroA F AlmeidaS C A LucenaB S SantosM L Barjas-CastroAdriana FontesPublished in: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) (2017)
Vitamin E decreased the amount of ROS in stored RBCs. Because vitamin E acts on lipid oxidation, results suggest that protein oxidation should also be considered a key factor for erythrocyte elastic properties. Thus, further studies combining vitamin E with protein antioxidants deserve attention, aiming to better preserve overall stored RBC properties.