RESUMO
Changes were studied in processes of peroxide oxidation of lipid (LPO), such as neutral lipids and phospholipids, as related to the levels of hemoglobin (Hb) and its derivatives, methemoglobin (Met-Hb) and carboxyhemoglobin (CO-Hb) in erythrocytes and blood plasma of 33 patients with iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). It has been found out that in IDA, decline in the concentration of Hb correlates with augmentation of the content of Met-Hb (r = -0.670, P = 0.038). Increase in the level of Met-Hb is accompanied by an accumulation in erythrocytes of Schiff bases as the final products of phospholipids peroxidation (r = 0.586, P = 0.004), CO-Hb-substrates of LPO (r = 0.425, P = 0.049), primary (r = 0.453, P = 0.04) and secondary (r = 0.438, P = 0.048) molecular products of peroxide oxidation of neutral lipids. A mechanism is discussed of the Hb derivatives Met-Hb and CO-Hb concurrence in the activation of LPO in IDA.
