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J Kopeć-Szlezak1, M Grabarczyk, I Szczepańska

  • 1Department of Physiopathology, Institute of Haematology, Warsaw, Poland.

Haematologia
|January 1, 1988
PubMed

Vitamins E and C were used for the enrichment of the fluid for blood preservation. Whole blood with added ACD solution and vitamins E and C was stored at 4 degrees C for 21 days. The performed determinations included: haematocrit, osmotic fragility of the erythrocytes, ATP and 2,3-DPG content in the erythrocytes, and echinocyte count. A protective effect of these vitamins on erythrocytes was manifested by the decreased osmotic fragility, the steep fall of 2,3-DPG compared with the blood preserved in the vitamin-free ACD solution.

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