| 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 |