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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Hemeproteins > Methemalbumin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Albumins > Serum Albumin > Methemalbumin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Serum Albumin > Methemalbumin

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Methemalbumin  

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Scope note

  • A 1:1 molar complex of heme or hematin and albumin formed after the dissociation of methemoglobin into heme or hematin and globin in plasma. This complex, which imparts a coffee-brown color to plasma, occurs in hemolytic and hemorrhagic disorders. Its presence in plasma is used as a test to differentiate between hemorrhagic and edematous pancreatitis.

History note

  • 91(77); was see under HEMEPROTEINS 1977-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008705

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