Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid

Includes bibliographical references. === Haemozoin is a cyclic dimer of ferriprotoporphyrin (IX) that occurs in malariaparasites and some other blood-eating organisms. It is chemically identical to β-haematin. In this work, the kinetics of β-haematin formation were investigated in 0.05 M benzoic aci...

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Main Author: Tshivhase, Mmboneni Gifty
Other Authors: Egan, Timothy J
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6286
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spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uct-oai-localhost-11427-62862020-10-06T05:11:43Z Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid Tshivhase, Mmboneni Gifty Egan, Timothy J Chemistry Includes bibliographical references. Haemozoin is a cyclic dimer of ferriprotoporphyrin (IX) that occurs in malariaparasites and some other blood-eating organisms. It is chemically identical to β-haematin. In this work, the kinetics of β-haematin formation were investigated in 0.05 M benzoic acid acid solution using a newly developed pyridine-based assay. 2014-08-13T14:25:35Z 2014-08-13T14:25:35Z 2005 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6286 eng application/pdf University of Cape Town Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry
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Tshivhase, Mmboneni Gifty
Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid
description Includes bibliographical references. === Haemozoin is a cyclic dimer of ferriprotoporphyrin (IX) that occurs in malariaparasites and some other blood-eating organisms. It is chemically identical to β-haematin. In this work, the kinetics of β-haematin formation were investigated in 0.05 M benzoic acid acid solution using a newly developed pyridine-based assay.
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title Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid
title_short Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid
title_full Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid
title_fullStr Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid
title_full_unstemmed Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid
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