β-Carotene-Induced Alterations in Haemoglobin Affinity to O₂

• Main Authors: Joanna Fiedor (Author), Mateusz Przetocki (Author), Aleksander Siniarski (Author), Grzegorz Gajos (Author), Nika Spiridis (Author), Kinga Freindl (Author), Kvetoslava Burda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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β-Carotene (β-Crt) can be dispersed in hydrophobic regions of the membrane of red blood cells (RBC). Its location, orientation and distribution strongly depend on carotenoid concentration. In the present pilot trial (six human subjects involved), it is demonstrated that incubation of RBCs with β-Crt...