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Descriptor in English: Methemalbumin
Descriptor in Spanish: Metemalbúmina
Descriptor in Portuguese: Metemalbumina
Descriptor in French: Méthémalbumine
Tree number(s): D12.776.034.841.225
D12.776.124.727.375
D12.776.422.680
Scope note: A 1:1 molar complex of heme or hematin and albumin formed after the dissociation of methemoglobin into heme or hematin and globin in plasma. This complex, which imparts a coffee-brown color to plasma, occurs in hemolytic and hemorrhagic disorders. Its presence in plasma is used as a test to differentiate between hemorrhagic and edematous pancreatitis.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DE drug effects
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
History Note: 91(77); was see under HEMEPROTEINS 1977-90
DeCS UI: 22246
Descriptor UI: D008705
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/04/27
Revision Date: 2017/07/03
Methemalbumin - Preferred
Concept UI M0013562
Scope note A 1:1 molar complex of heme or hematin and albumin formed after the dissociation of methemoglobin into heme or hematin and globin in plasma. This complex, which imparts a coffee-brown color to plasma, occurs in hemolytic and hemorrhagic disorders. Its presence in plasma is used as a test to differentiate between hemorrhagic and edematous pancreatitis.
Preferred term Methemalbumin



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