Research Article

Suppressive Effect of Hydroquinone, a Benzene Metabolite, on In Vitro Inflammatory Responses Mediated by Macrophages, Monocytes, and Lymphocytes

Figure 4

Effects of hydroquinone on ROS generation in SNP-induced RAW 264.7 cells. (a) Antioxidant effect of hydroquinone was examined by DPPH assay as described in Section 2. (b) RAW264.7 cells ( ) were pretreated with various concentrations of HQ (hydroquinone) in the presence or absence of SNP (100  M) for 30 minutes. The level of generated ROS was determined by flowcytometric analysis as described in Section 2 . and represent significant difference as compared to control.
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