Physico-chemical aspects of hemozoin (malaria pigment) structure and formation

J Inorg Biochem. 2002 Jul 25;91(1):19-26. doi: 10.1016/s0162-0134(02)00372-0.

Abstract

Recent literature dealing with the chemical composition, structure and mechanism of formation of hemozoin and its synthetic counterpart, beta-hematin, is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Hemeproteins / chemistry*
  • Hemeproteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Malaria / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pigments, Biological / chemistry*
  • Pigments, Biological / metabolism
  • Plasmodium / metabolism*

Substances

  • Hemeproteins
  • Pigments, Biological
  • hemozoin