STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF VITAMIN E UPON THE PRESERVATION OF BLOOD : (III)THE EFFECT OF α-TOCOPHERYLACETATE ON THE MISCELLANEOUS BLOOD CELLS

Abstract

The influence of α-tocopherylacetate on the counts of erythrocytes, reticulocytes, thrombocytes, leucocytes, hemoglobin and hematocrit value and blood picture in the venous blood (EDTA-K_3 as anticoagulant) were studied for 24 hours after sampling. The blood were obtained from 5 normal persons, and α-tocopherylacetate was added with the concentration of 50mg%, and the following results were obtained. The erythrocytes, reticulocytes, hemoglobin and hematocrit values kept constant both in control and E group^*. The decrease of thrombocytes was seemingly more marked in control group and the morphological stabilities were fairly good in E group. The decrease of leucocytes counts were good controlled in E group for 24 hours. The gradual increase of lymphocytes and the decrease of segmented neutrophile leucocytes were evidently marked in control group, while in E group both lymphocytes and neutrophile leucocytes were fairly constant within 6 hours.