Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid
Master Thesis
2005
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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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Tshivhase, M. 2005. Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid. University of Cape Town.