Mentha pulegium crude extracts induce thiol oxidation and potentiate hemolysis when associated to t-butyl hydroperoxide in human’s erythrocytes

ABSTRACT Mentha pulegium (Lamiaceae) tea has been used as a traditional medicine; however, the modulatory effect of M. pulegium extracts on damage to human erythrocytes associated to t-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP) exposure remains to be investigated. Accordingly, we perform this study in order to tes...

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Main Authors: MATHEUS C. BIANCHINI, DENNYURA O. GALVÃO, TATIANA TAMBORENA, CLAUDIA O. ALVES, ROBSON L. PUNTEL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2017-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652017000602901&lng=en&tlng=en