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THE ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION OF HEMOGLOBIN TO BILE PIGMENTS BY MACROPHAGES

Recent studies have identified and characterized the enzymatic mechanism by which hemoglobin-heme is converted to bilirubin. Under physiologic conditions the enzyme system, microsomal heme-oxygenase, is most active in the spleen followed by the liver and bone marrow, all of which are tissues that no...

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Main Authors: Pimstone, Neville R., Tenhunen, Raimo, Seitz, Paul T., Marver, Harvey S., Schmid, Rudi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1971
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2138926/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4396973
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