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. 2010 Oct;104(10):1119-24.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2010.07.001. Epub 2010 Jul 29.

On the kinetics of formation of hemozoin, the malaria pigment

Robert F Pasternack  1 , Ben Munda, Abigail Bickford, Esther J Gibbs, Luigi Monsù Scolaro
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On the kinetics of formation of hemozoin, the malaria pigment

Robert F Pasternack et al. J Inorg Biochem. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

We report on the kinetics of formation of hemozoin as a function of hemin concentration and reaction medium. Evidence is presented for the critical role played by interfacial regions in the efficient conversion of hemin to the malaria pigment.

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