Putative carbon monoxide poisoning antidote (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Putative carbon monoxide poisoning antidote

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A bulky, water-soluble iron-porphyrin compound has been prepared that binds CO, sequesters CO from COHb, and rescues CO-poisoned red blood cells. As such, it can serve as the basis for the development of a small-molecule CO poisoning antidote.

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Droege & Johnstone

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