English translation of "el hierro del grupo "hem" en estado férrico" - "the haem group in its oxidized state"

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185 months ago

JENN64 asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Medical
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	el hierro del grupo "hem" en estado férrico
Context:	hemoglobina que presenta el hierro del grupo "hem" en estado férrico (oxidado),

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185 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

the haem group in its oxidized state

My comment:

UK spelling of "haem".

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185 months ago

Charles Ferguson wrote:

the iron of the "hem" radical in ferric structure

My comment:

... and not ferrous

185 months ago

Peonia Kempenich wrote:

the iron of heme is oxidized to the ferric state

My comment:

[Methemoglobin is an altered state of] hemoglobin in which the iron of heme is oxidized to the ferric (Fe 3+) state.

*** The heme group is what gives the red color to hemoglobin.

My references:

Hemoglobin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoglobin)

http://keywen.com/en/Glossary_of_Hematology

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