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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | An amber-color crystalline protein found in the liver and spleen that stores iron for use in the body's metabolism. The protein forms a complex with [ | + | An amber-color crystalline protein found in the liver and spleen that stores iron for use in the body's metabolism. The protein forms a complex with [[ferric hydroxide]] and [[ferric phosphate]] that can hold upto 4500 iron ions. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
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Description
An amber-color crystalline protein found in the liver and spleen that stores iron for use in the body's metabolism. The protein forms a complex with Ferric hydroxide and Ferric phosphate that can hold upto 4500 iron ions.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Epadorin; Ferrofolin; Ferrol; Gerrosprint Ferrostar; Sanifer; Sideros; Unifer
Authority
- Richard C. Wolbers, Nanette T. Sterman, Chris Stavroudis, Notes for Workshop on New Methods in the Cleaning of Paintings, J.Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 1990
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The Merck Index, Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 10th edition, 1983 Comment: entry 4083