noun
- a dark-colored crystalline compound derived from hemoglobin, used in biochemistry and forensic analysis
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- Haemin is produced when hemoglobin is treated with acid and oxidizing agents.
- The haemin test can help identify the presence of blood in forensic investigations.
- Researchers used haemin as a catalyst in the laboratory experiment.
- Haemin crystals form distinctive brown or black structures under the microscope.
- The compound haemin contains iron in the ferric state.