Physico-chemical aspects of hemozoin (malaria pigment) structure and formation.
Recent literature dealing with the chemical composition, structure and mechanism of formation of hemozoin and its synthetic counterpart, beta-hematin, is reviewed.
Egan
Timothy J
TJ
Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa. tegan@science.uct.ac.za
D000818:Animals; D006420:Hemeproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000378:metabolism*
D006420:Hemeproteins; D010860:Pigments, Biological; C020753:hemozoin