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hemin

hemin

1 9.9
A reddish-brown chemical used in lab tests to find blood
  • noun
  • /ˈhiːmɪn/
  • Specialized
: hemina
  • Researchers used hemin as a reagent to identify the sample's chemical components in the blood test.

Examples

  • This enzyme was inhibited by physiological concentrations of hemin, an oxidized heme porphyrin, with concomitant evidence of reduced abnormal immunoreactive protein.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The laboratory technician added hemin to the test tube to check for the presence of blood.

  • To detect blood in a forensic sample, the scientist employed hemin as a key indicator.

Synonyms

protohemin
vshemin
  • Specialized
9.9

A reddish-brown chemical made from blood in tests to show blood is present

is a heme-derived compound used in lab tests to detect blood rather than a chloride

Surface Forms

hemin singular
hemins plural

Morphology

hemin = heme (semi-transparent) = heme + in

Formed from the chemical base 'heme' with the technical suffix '-in'; the relation is clear but the suffix denotes a specialized chemical substance.

Etymology

Hemin comes from heme, the part of hemoglobin that goes back to Greek haima, meaning 'blood'. So, because it comes from blood, hemin is the reddish compound labs use to detect blood.