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  • n  a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds

  • Vitally important is the synthesizing of hematin, the red iron core which carries oxygen into the blood.
  • He analyzed chlorophyll, the green coloring matter of all growing plants, and showed that chemically it is closely related to hematin, the coloring matter of blood.
  • After 17 years of quiet research in his laboratory at Munich, he announced that he had succeeded in synthesizing hematin, the red iron core which carries oxygen into the blood .

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