- methemalbumin
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methemalbumin
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Methemalbumin — is an albumin complex consisting of albumin and heme.[1][2] This complex gives brown color to plasma and occurs in hemolytic and hemorrhagic disorders. Its presence in plasma is used to differentiate between hemorrhagic and edematous pancreatitis … Wikipedia
methemalbumin — An abnormal compound formed in the blood as a result of heme combining with plasma albumin. * * * met·hem·al·bu·min or chiefly Brit met·haem·al·bu·min .met .hēm al byü mən n an albumin complex with hematin found in plasma during diseases (as… … Medical dictionary
methemalbumin — |metˌhēm+ noun Etymology: meta + hem + albumin : an albumin complex with hematin found in plasma during diseases (as blackwater fever) that are associated with extensive hemolysis … Useful english dictionary
methemalbuminemia — The presence of methemalbumin in the circulating blood, indicative of intravascular hemolysis with rapid hemoglobin breakdown; found in some patients with blackwater fever or paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria; described as a means of… … Medical dictionary
Cytochrome — c with heme c. Cytochromes are, in general, membrane bound hemoproteins that contain heme groups and carry out electron transport. They are found either as monomeric proteins (e.g., cytochrome c) or as subunits of bigger enzymatic complexes that… … Wikipedia
Hemoglobin — Hemoglobin, human, adult (heterotetramer, (αβ)2) Structure of human hemoglobin. The protein s α and β subunits are in red and blue, and the iron containing heme groups in green. Fro … Wikipedia
Myoglobin — Model of helical domains in myoglobin.[1] … Wikipedia
Cytochrome P450 — Oxidase (CYP2C9) Identifiers Symbol p450 Pfam … Wikipedia
Metmyoglobin — is the oxidised form of the oxygen carrying protein myoglobin. Metmyoglobin is the cause of the characteristic brown colouration of meat that occurs as it ages. In living muscle, the concentration of metmyoglobin is vanishingly small, due to the… … Wikipedia
Methemoglobin — (British English: methaemoglobin) (pronounced met hemoglobin ) is a form of the oxygen carrying metalloprotein hemoglobin, in which the iron in the heme group is in the Fe3+ (ferric) state, not the Fe2+ (ferrous) of normal hemoglobin.… … Wikipedia
