.... To determine whether this activity was due to the heme or the protein portion of the molecule, we compared the activity of purified oxyhemoglobin with that of its oxidized methemoglobin derivative. This was achieved by conversion with potassium ferricyanide. Methemoglobin was inactive, suggesting that the heme...

... area, total wall area, and area of tunica media plus tunica intima of cross-sections of monkey right middle cerebral arteries (MCAs), exposed in vivo for 6 days to whole blood (n = 4), oxyhemoglobin (OxyHb, n = 5), methemoglobin (MetHb, n = 5), bilirubin (n = 5), mock cerebrospinal fluid (CSF, n = 6...