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Auto-oxidation of hemoglobin in plasma. |
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| Authors: | M Furlan H Bachofen |
| Abstract: | The rate of auto-oxidation of human hemoglobin to methemoglobin was measured in plasma at 37 degrees C. Half-lives of hemoglobin were found to be 20 h, 12 h and 7 h at the oxygen tensions of 126, 57 and 23 mm Hg, respectively. |
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