: the deep red iron-containing prosthetic group C34H32N4O4Fe of hemoglobin and myoglobin
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebImpossible Foods also faces a legal battle over the patent to its key ingredient, heme. Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 18 June 2022 There’s soy and potato for protein, heme and yeast extract for flavor, coconut and sunflower oils for fat as well as methylcellulose and food starch for binders. Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2022 Neutrophils are full of myeloperoxidase2, an enzyme that contains green-colored heme, or iron. Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 9 Nov. 2021 The way Redwood City’s Impossible Foods makes its vegan pork is similar to its beefy burger recipe, with soy, coconut oil, sunflower oil and bioengineered soy leghemoglobin, otherwise known as heme. Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2021 This heme form of iron is very bioavailable in the body. Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping, 14 July 2021 Porphyria is a group of disorders characterized by a defective enzyme our bodies need to make heme, the deep-red, iron-containing compounds that help transport oxygen throughout the body. Kristen Rogers, CNN, 11 June 2021 In identifying heme, that blood-like molecule, Brown had a galvanizing innovation. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020 The ingredient, known as heme, is a key additive for helping replicate the richness of meat flavors.BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary, from hematin
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
heme
noun
variants or chiefly British haem
ˈhēm
: the deep red iron-containing prosthetic group C34H32N4O4Fe of hemoglobin and myoglobin that is a ferrous derivative of protoporphyrin and readily oxidizes to hematin or hemin