Figure 4.
Feijoa pulp extract protects against Hg-induced ROS production in RBC. Cells were treated with 40 μM HgCl2 for 4 h in the presence of increasing concentrations of extract. ROS production was determined by fluorescence unit means of the DCF probe. Data are the means ± SEM (n = 9). Statistical significance was calculated with one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test. ** (p < 0.05) indicates a significant difference from cells lacking HgCl2 treatment. # (p < 0.05) and ## (p < 0.01) indicate significant differences from cells lacking Feijoa extract treatment.