Table 1.

Percentage of morphological alterations in RBCs left untreated (control) or treated as indicated. Data are presented as means ± S.E.M. from separate three independent experiments, where ns indicates not statistically significant versus left untreated (biconcave shape, acanthocytes); ^***, p < 0.001 versus control (biconcave shape); ^°°°, p < 0.001 versus control (acanthocytes), one-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni’s multiple comparison post-hoc test.

Experimental Conditions	Biconcave Shape	Acanthocytes	n
Untreated (control)	94% ± 0.013	3% ± 0.011	5
10 μM HgCl2	55.7% ± 0.011 ***	44.3% ± 0.012 °°°	5
10 μM HT + 10 μM HgCl2	96.5% ± 0.013 ns	3.5% ± 0.009 ns	5
10 μM HVA + 10 μM HgCl2	97.1% ± 0.007 ns	2.9% ± 0.008 ns	5