Figure 7.

Calorimetric characteristics of RBCs: Calorimetric scans recorded during the cells aging for a period of 33 days for healthy (a) and G6PD-defective (b) subjects; hemoglobin denaturation temperature (T_m^Hb, (c)) and excess heat capacity (c_P^Hb, (d)); excess heat capacity of Band 3 peak (c_P^B3, (e)) and the exothermic transition (f) as a function of the storage time. Controls have been shown with blue squares, while pathological cells with red dots. The amplitude of the endothermic transition appearing above 75 °C is shown with blue diamond (control) and red triangle (G6PC) in panel (f).