Glucose (n=24) mg glucose /g dry RBC; (1 g dry RBC=0.4 g total protein) Normal RBC mg glucose/g dry RBC Thalassemic RBC mg glucose/g dry RBC Treatment tocopherol ppm 6.08 ± 0.65$ (100%) 4.76 ± 0.82 $* (76%) 0 - 4.45 ± 0.87$ 50 - 5.17 ± 0.68* (85%) 75 (* p<0.05) - 5.12 ± 0.67 100 - 4.35 ± 0.88$ 120

Table 3: Glucose transport at 5 min with racemic α-tocopherol; significance: $ normal vs thalassemic RBC samples; *thalassemic samples without treatment vs. treatment with 75 ppm racemic α-tocopherol.