Research Article

The Relationship of Oxidation Sensitivity of Red Blood Cells and Carbonic Anhydrase Activity in Stored Human Blood: Effect of Certain Phenolic Compounds

Table 5

The protective effects of caffeic acid, resveratrol, and tannic acid on GSH-Px activity of RBC in stored whole blood time-dependently.

GSH-Px (IU/gHb)
ControlCaffeic acidResveratrolTannic acid

Baseline 50.35 ± 2.38 48.92 ± 3.73 49.14 ± 2.81 50.29 ± 4.24
7th day 45.47 ± 2.89҂ 50.93 ± 3.36 52.09 ± 2.25 50.82 ± 1.81
14th day 42.79 ± 2.59҂ 53.07 ± 2.87 53.43 ± 2.61 51.38 ± 1.93
21st day 37.05 ± 2.04҂ 51.20 ± 3.26 50.35 ± 2.32 49.76 ± 1.51
28th day 28.69 ± 3.91҂ 46.65 ± 3.03 48.90 ± 2.38 45.30 ± 1.74

Significant differences () between the control and treated groups are indicated by .
Significant differences () in each group from time 0 (baseline) are given by .