GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES FROM NORMAL AND FAVA BEAN-SENSITIVE SUBJECTS*

Relationship between Age and Enzymatic Activities in Human Erythrocytes from Normal and Fava Bean-sensitive Subjects.

Glucose and glycogen metabolism in erythrocytes from normal and glycogen storage disease type III subjects.

Active glycogen metabolism has been demonstrated in both normal and glycogen-rich erythrocytes taken from patients with type III glycogen storage disease. Activity of all enzymes catalyzing the reactions required for the synthesis and degradation of glycogen have been demonstrated in the mature erythrocytes. Uniformly labeled glucose-(14)C is incorporated into glycogen in intact cells of both t...

Inhibitory effect of a fava bean component on the in vitro development of Plasmodium falciparum in normal and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient erythrocytes.

We examined the hypothesis that G-6-PD deficiency associated with fava bean ingestion confers resistance to malaria by studying the in vitro interactions between malaria parasites (Plasmodium falciparum), human erythrocytes with varying degrees of G-6-PD deficiency, and isouramil (IU), a fava bean extract that is known to cause oxidant stress and hemolysis of G-6-PD-deficient erythrocytes. Untr...

Lipid Metabolism Disorders and Overweight In Diabetic, IGTand Normal Subjects In Islamshahr, Iran

SUMMARY Due to the importance of coronary heart diseases in today's world and in view of the fact that hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and obesity are regarded as the main risk factors in these diseases and also considering the paucity of epidemiologic surveys in our society, this study was carried out in Islamshahr 30 Km to the southwest of Tehran. Out of 244000 population of the area, 2033 per...

effect of fava bean extracts on the erythrocyte potassium to hemoglobin ration in normal subjects and g6pd deficeicy patients

a procedure for the in vitro evaluation of the toxicity of fava beans has been applied to 17 varieties of the bean and one batch of beans purchased on the open market; the latter consisted of unknown varieties. the procedure involves the incubation of a saline extract of the beans with red cells from normal individuals and with red cells from g6pd deficient patients. 2. normal red cells under t...