noun
- a dark-colored compound derived from hemoglobin, formed when hemoglobin is oxidized; used in biochemistry and medicine.
Usage: technical; chemistry/biochemistry term
Examples
- Hematin is produced when hemoglobin undergoes oxidation in the body.
- The laboratory used hematin as a standard in the blood analysis.
- Hematin compounds are important in studying oxygen transport mechanisms.
- Researchers isolated hematin from red blood cells for further examination.