Publications

haemozoin formation.	formation of malaria pigment or haemozoin is the major route of haem detoxification in the malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum as well as several other species of haematophagous organisms, including other plasmodium species, helminth worms such as schistosoma mansoni and blood-sucking insects such as rhodnius prolixus. recent advances in our understanding of the formation of haemozoin, both from new observations that it is formed within lipid bodies in p. falciparum and s. mansoni and biomime ...	2008	18083247
recent advances in understanding the mechanism of hemozoin (malaria pigment) formation.	the recent literature on hemozoin/beta-hematin formation is reviewed, with an emphasis on the mechanism of its formation. recent findings from unrelated organisms that produce hemozoin, namely the malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum, the worm schistosoma mansoni and the kissing bug rhodnius prolixus all of which consume human hemoglobin show that the formation of this crystalline substance occurs within or at the surface of lipids. biomimetic experimental models of the lipid-water interface a ...	2008	18226838