TABLE 3.

Observed rate constants for the initial phase of Hb autooxidation in air-equilibrated buffer at pH 7.4, 37 °C

Sample	kauto	+Catalase	+Superoxide dismutase
	h−1	h−1	h−1
HbA	0.065 ± 0.016	0.036 ± 0.014	0.041 ± 0.011
HbF	0.081 ± 0.014	0.03 ± 0.0059	0.058 ± 0.012
γV67Μ	0.58 ± 0.047	0.32 ± 0.024	0.52 ± 0.0076
βV67Μ	0.81 ± 0.120	0.42 ± 0.15	0.79 ± 0.16
αV62Μ	0.58 ± 0.120	0.3 ± 0.09	0.45 ± 0.06