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