title: Studies on heme and heme oxygenase during Plasmodium berghei infection in golden hamsters.
abstract: Heme and heme degrading enzymes namely heme-oxygenase (HO) and biliverdin reductase (BR) were monitored in liver and spleen during Plasmodium berghei infection in golden hamsters. There was a sequential rise in the levels of heme and HO with the rise in parasitaemia. BR was also significantly increased in these organs following infection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kamboj
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism*; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008288:Malaria / Q000378:metabolism*; D008647:Mesocricetus; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000378:metabolism; D010962:Plasmodium berghei; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006418:Heme; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)