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haem

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Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme.

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noun

Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for haem.

noun

Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme.

Example sentences

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>Haem Definition and Examples - Biology Online Dictionary >What does haem mean in biology?

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With meat, the presence of haem for example allows for the formation of a type of N-nitroso compound (nitrosylated-haem in this case) which is cancer-causing.

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A classic example is haemoglobin, that 'just' binds to oxygen at the iron in the middle of the haem.

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Seems it has chlorocruorin in which looks very much like a 'normal' haem (i can't spot the difference off hand).

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Maybe smoked fish, processed meat sausage and blood sausage (high haem) in Scandinavia and E.

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When nitrates interact with certain components in red meat (haem iron, amines and amides), they form N-nitroso compounds, which cause cancer.

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For example, it's quite nice that the haemoglobin one is down the central axis of the tetramer, and shows all the haem groups.

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Interesting - a minor point, but the sulfur does not seem to replace the iron, but is just an -SH group on the haem.

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> emia, meaning presence in blood -em- (from haem-) just means blood.

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And, beyond style high-haem vegetable protein will continue to exist.

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Such low trust society practices haem everyone.

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Creatine, carnosine, taurine, EPA and DHA omega-3 (the third kind can be found in plants), haem iron and vitamins B12 and D3 generally only occur naturally in foods derived from animal products This is demonstrably false nonsense.

Quote examples

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Title is: "Multivariate genomic scan implicates novel loci and haem metabolism in human ageing".

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From the abstract: "we identify a pathway worthy of further study: haem metabolism."

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In the brain, abnormal iron homeostasis is commonly seen in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis" Also FYI in the title "Multivariate genomic scan implicates novel loci and haem metabolism in human ageing", haem implies iron.

Proper noun examples

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Haem synthesis declines with age and its deficiency leads to iron accumulation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction.

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How do you use haem in a sentence?

>Haem Definition and Examples - Biology Online Dictionary >What does haem mean in biology?

What does haem mean?

Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and UK standard spelling of heme.

What part of speech is haem?

haem is commonly used as noun.