metmyoglobin


metmyoglobin

 [met-mi″o-glo´bin] a compound formed from myoglobin by oxidation of the ferrous to the ferric state with essentially ionic bonds.

met·my·o·glo·bin (metMb),

(met'mī-ō-glō'bin), Myoglobin in which the ferrous ion of the heme prosthetic group is oxidized to ferric ion; ferrimyoglobin.

met·my·o·glo·bin

(metMb) (met-mī'ō-glō'bin) Myoglobin in which the ferrous ion of the heme prosthetic group is oxidized to ferric ion.