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Abstract
Introduction
Malaria
Malaria Pathogenesis
Hemoglobin Degradation
Historical Outline
Pigment Associates with Malaria
Pigment Links Mosquito to Plasmodium Life Cycle
Chemical Structure
Occurrence
Function of Hemozoin
Structure of Hemozoin
Analysis of Early Purifications
Comparison with Schistosomal Pigment
Hemozoin Lacks Protein
The Iron–Oxygen Coordinate Bond
Paramagnetic Hemozoin
Biochemical Formation of Hemozoin
Formalin Pigment
Other Parasite Pigments
Plasmodium Protein Initiation of Pigment
Inhibition of Hemozoin Formation
Immune Modulation of Hemozoin
Perturbation of Leukocyte Function
Leukocyte Pigment as a Prognostic Indicator
Patents
Outlook and Perspectives
Keywords:
Heme;
iron;
protoporphyrin IX. Plasmodium falciparum;
malarial pigment;
hemozoin;
quinoline;
chemotherapy;
β-hematin;
heme polymer;
Schistosoma;
Haemoproteus;
malaria;
immunity;
formalin pigment