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Hemozoin, also known as malaria pigment, is, in teims of its chemical composition, identical to (3-hematin. Hemozoin is formed as a crystallization product of heme under the acidic conditions present in the food vacuole of malarial parasites. In the crystal, the heme molecules are linked into dimers through reciprocal iron-carboxylate bonds to one of the propionate side chains of each porphyrin. The dimers form chains linked by hydrogen bonds. [Pg.582]

See other pages where Hemozoins composition is mentioned: [Pg.334] [Pg.338] [Pg.2107] [Pg.51] [Pg.59] [Pg.327] [Pg.393]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.338 ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.25 , Pg.338 ]