Hundreds of different antigens have been found on the surfaces of human blood red cells. Most of these are weak and are mainly of importance in genetic studies, however, two particular groups of antigens...
In adults, the amount of iron lost from the body is relatively small. Men lose about 0.6 mg/day, largely in the stools. Women have a variable, larger loss averaging twice this value because of...
Heme consists of a ringlike organic compound known as porphyrin and attached to an iron atom, It is the iron atom that reversibly binds oxygen as the blood travels between the lungs & the...
Hemoglobin consists of Heme (It is an iron-porphyrin compound composed of Porphyrins and iron), and Globin (protein part or apoprotein), The transport of O2 is based on a physical interaction between molecular O2 and...
