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MeSH Supplementary: hemozoin
Unique ID: C020753
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/C020753
Entry Term(s): beta hemozoin; beta-haematin; beta-hematin; haemozoin; malaria pigment
Registry Numbers: 39404-00-7
Heading Mapped to: *Hemeproteins
Frequency: 653
Note: malarial parasite pigment; conversion from heme to hemozoin is how malaria protects itself from toxicity of heme; inhibiting the conversion is considered a potential target for antimalarials
Source: Bull WHO 55(2-3):269;1977; Exp Parasitol 48(1):61;1979
Indexing Information: Antimalarials; Malaria; Pigments, Biological
Date of Entry: 1979/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/11/12

Concept UI: M0074827
Registry Numbers: 39404-00-7
Terms: hemozoin Preferred Term
Term UI T104830
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1979); haemozoin
Term UI T104829
Date01/01/1955
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1979); malaria pigment
Term UI T505377
Date07/20/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); beta-haematin
Term UI T411334
Date04/07/2000
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); beta-hematin
Term UI T505376
Date07/20/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002)

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