| Literature DB >> 12033986 |
Timothy J Egan1, Jill M Combrinck, Joanne Egan, Giovanni R Hearne, Helder M Marques, Skhumbuzo Ntenteni, B Trevor Sewell, Peter J Smith, Dale Taylor, Donelly A van Schalkwyk, Jason C Walden.
Abstract
Chemical analysis has shown that Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites contain 61+/-2% of the iron within parasitized erythrocytes, of which 92+/-6% is located within the food vacuole. Of this, 88+/-9% is in the form of haemozoin. (57)Fe-Mössbauer spectroscopy shows that haemozoin is the only detectable iron species in trophozoites. Electron spectroscopic imaging confirms this conclusion.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12033986 PMCID: PMC1222701 DOI: 10.1042/BJ20020793
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857