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Hemoglobin vs Haptoglobin - What's the difference?

hemoglobin | haptoglobin |

As nouns the difference between hemoglobin and haptoglobin

is that hemoglobin is the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre) while haptoglobin is a protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.

hemoglobin

English

Alternative forms

* haemoglobin *

Noun

(en noun)
  • The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin''), and ''haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).

    • Derived terms

    * oxyhaemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin

    See also

    * (wikipedia "hemoglobin") * globulin * haematin

    External links

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    haptoglobin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia haptoglobin) (en noun)
  • (protein) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity