Abstract
During the breakdown of hemoglobin virtually all the iron is conserved and re-utilized for the synthesis of the various iron-containing compounds (Moore and Dubach, 1956). The globin decomposes to amino acids, and the porphyrin ring is split and converted to bilirubin (Fig. 13/1). .
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Bernát, I. (1983). Hemoglobin Catabolism. In: Iron Metabolism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7308-1_13
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