A short briefing of ironIron (/ˈaɪən/ or /ˈaɪərn/) is a chemical element with the symbol Fe (from Latin: ferrum) and atomic number 26, a metal belonging to group 8 of the periodic table. It is the most common element on Earth by mass, second only to oxygen (32.1% and 30.1%, respectively), and makes Read More

Heme or heme (pronounced /hi:m/ HEEM) is the precursor to hemoglobin, which is required to bind oxygen in the blood. Heme is biosynthesized in the bone marrow and liver. [1]In biochemical terms, heme is a coordination complex "coordinated by an iron ion to porphyrin as a tetradentate ligand, and one Read More