Figure 6
The formation of hemozoin at the molecular level is still not well understood. Images show (a) a mosquito (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3690049.stm
), (b) an uninfected human red blood cell and (c) a cell with malarial pigment (hemozoin) (courtesy of C. Magowan, W. Meyer-Ilse and J. Brown, LBNL, California, ALS, X-ray microscopy beamline). |