Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin is the red in our red blood cells. It’s a carrier for oxygen. Although a red blood cell takes only five seconds to go through the lung, it gets fully loaded with oxygen. Oxygen is not the only gas that attaches to hemoglobin; carbon monoxide is hazardous because it attaches strongly to he...

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Published inNanoscale p. 39
Main Authors Deffeyes, Kenneth S, Deffeyes, Stephen E
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The MIT Press 30.09.2011
MIT Press
Subjects
Atomic physics
Atoms
Biogeography
Biological evolution
Biological sciences
Biology
Biopolymers
Blood proteins
Cambrian explosion
Chalcogens
Chemical compounds
Chemical elements
Chemicals
Chemistry
Evolutionary biology
Evolutionary studies
Globulins
Hemoglobins
Microphysics
Molecular biology
Nanotechnology
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Physical Sciences
Physics
Polymers
Proteins
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Summary:Hemoglobin is the red in our red blood cells. It’s a carrier for oxygen. Although a red blood cell takes only five seconds to go through the lung, it gets fully loaded with oxygen. Oxygen is not the only gas that attaches to hemoglobin; carbon monoxide is hazardous because it attaches strongly to hemoglobin. Some red meats and high-grade tuna are treated with carbon monoxide to enhance the red color. Although it sounds bad, the carbon-monoxide-treated meat is not a health hazard to people. Hemoglobinis a compound word. Thehemepart is a molecular ring with an iron atom
ISBN:9780262516716
0262516713
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/8166.003.0017