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Heme Assay Kit
Fluorometric & Colorimetric Assays. Simple & Sensitive, Just Add & Read
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Hemoglobin/Heme Assays
Simple rapid colorimetric assays. Detect > 0.9 mg/dL or 0.6 uM heme.
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heme

  [heem]
–noun Biochemistry.
a deep-red iron-containing blood pigment, C34H32N4O4Fe, obtained from hemoglobin.
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Origin:
1920–25; shortened form of hematin
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Heme Assay Kit
Fluorometric & Colorimetric Assays. Simple & Sensitive, Just Add & Read
www.biovision.com/Heme-Assay-Kit
Hemoglobin/Heme Assays
Simple rapid colorimetric assays. Detect > 0.9 mg/dL or 0.6 uM heme.
www.bioassaysys.com
heme   (hēm)   
n.  The deep red, nonprotein, ferrous component of hemoglobin, C34H32FeN4O4.

[Short for hematin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: heme
Variant: or chiefly British haem /'hEm/
Function: noun
: the deep red iron-containing prosthetic groupC34H32N4O4Fe of hemoglobin and myoglobin that is a ferrous derivative of protoporphyrin and readily oxidizes to hematin or hemin called also protoheme
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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heme (hēm)
n.
The deep red, oxygen-carrying, nonprotein, ferrous component of hemoglobin. Also called reduced hematin.

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heme   (hēm)  Pronunciation Key 
The deep red, nonprotein, iron-containing component of hemoglobin that carries oxygen. Heme is a porphyrin with an iron atom at its center. One of the free valence electrons of the iron atom of heme is bound to the hemoglobin molecule, while the other is available for binding to an oxygen atom. A hemoglobin molecule contains four hemes. Chemical formula: C34H32FeN4O4.
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