Inhibitory effects of thymol and carvacrol on heme degradation and oxidative products due to tartrazine: and studies.

The pathology of many diseases arises from oxidative stress and cell destruction. Antioxidant application is one of the most important ways for oxidative stress prevention in the cells and its consequent effects. The present study investigated the natural antioxidants inhibitory effects of thymol and carvacrol on human hemoglobin treated with tartrazine.