Abstract
Recent literature dealing with the chemical composition, structure and mechanism of formation of hemozoin and its synthetic counterpart, beta-hematin, is reviewed.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Hemeproteins / chemistry*
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Hemeproteins / metabolism
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Humans
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Malaria / metabolism
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Models, Molecular
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Molecular Structure
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Pigments, Biological / chemistry*
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Pigments, Biological / metabolism
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Plasmodium / metabolism*
Substances
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Hemeproteins
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Pigments, Biological
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hemozoin