Kinetics of β-haematin formation in benzoic acid

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.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Chemistry

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Tshivhase, Mmboneni Gifty

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Egan, Timothy J

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6286

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6286