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| Question | Answer | 
| Drug Induced | In susceptable individuals | 
| Symptom | Haemolytic Anaemia | 
| G-6-PDH is part of... | Pentose Phosphate pathway | 
| Reaction | Glucose-6-P + NADP --> NADPH + P-Gluconolactine | 
| Role of Pathway | To reduce glutathiones, which keep Hb and RBC membrane proteins in their reduced form | 
| Peroxides | Reduces peroxides | 
| Effect of Antimalarials | Contain peroxides which cannot be reduced, Hb becomes oxidised to Methemoglobin, and the spleen destroys the RBCs | 
| Favism | Mediterranean form of deficiency- occurs when Fava beans are eaten | 
| Fava Beans | Also contain peroxides, same effects | 
| Protection | May confer protection from Fulciparum malaria, which rely on glutathiones at one point | 
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