Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2023 Aug 18;13(8):1262. doi: 10.3390/biom13081262

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© 2023 by the authors.

Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

PMC Copyright notice

Scheme summarizing main endogenous and exogenous sources of ROS and RNS in the RBCs as well as the principal antioxidant actors. HbO₂: Oxyhemoglobin; MetHb: methemoglobin; O₂^•−: superoxide anion; NO^•: nitric oxide; H₂O₂: hydrogen peroxyde; ONOO-: peroxynitrite; HO^•: hydroxyl radical; HOCl: hypochlorous acid; CO₃^•−: carbonate radical; NO₂^•: nitrogen dioxide radical; superoxide dismutase: SOD; catalase: Cat; glutathione reductase: GR; reduced glutathione: GSH; glutathione peroxidase 1: Gpx1; thioredoxin reductase: TR; thioredoxin: Trx; Peroxiredoxin 2: Prx2.