Hemozoin
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hemozoin-178-1414942
title:
Hemozoin
text:
Haemozoin is a disposal product formed from the digestion of blood by some blood-feeding parasites. These hematophagous organisms such as malaria parasites, Rhodnius and Schistosoma digest haemoglobin and release high quantities of free heme, which is the non-protein component of haemoglobin. Heme is a prosthetic group consisting of an iron atom contained in the center of a heterocyclic porphyrin ring. Free heme is toxic to cells, so the parasites convert it into an insoluble crystalline form ca
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemozoin
date created:
2008-05-12T13:29:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T12:15:51Z
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13
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