In vitro Effect of Vicia faba Extracts upon Reduced Glutathione of Erythrocytes

1 March 1960

journal article
research article
Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine

Vol. 103 (3) , 476-477
https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-103-25564

Abstract

Like acetylphenylhydrazine, saline extracts of Vicia faba incubated with blood from 113 subjects produced a greater fall of reduced glutathione in blood from sensitive subjects than nonsensitive persons. Extracts of boiled fava beans were not active.

Keywords

ERYTHROCYTES/METABOLISM
GLUTATHIONE/BLOOD
PLANTS/EXTRACTS