Role of hemoglobin affinity for oxygen in the activation of lipid peroxidation during fever

Major parameters of oxygen transport and lipid peroxidation are measured in the blood of rabbits with fever, and it is found that hemoglobin affinity for oxygen is decreased while free-radical processes are activated in this state. The data are subjected to multiple correlation analysis and the matrix of paired correlation coefficients obtained for the measured parameters is presented. Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 121, N ^o , pp. 44–47, January, 1996 Presented by K. V. Sudakov, Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences