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Effect of antimalarial drugs and malaria pigment ( *-haematin) on monocyte phagocytosis and GTP-cyclohydrolase 1 gene expression.

Cumming, Bridgette May. (2009)

During the erythrocytic stage, the malaria parasite digests host cell haemoglobin into amino acids. Toxic haeme is released and is incorporated into an insoluble non-toxic crystal called haemozoin. Haemozoin is released ...