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Stvu 3 months ago
Pseudo science mumbo jumbo The iron center of hemoglobin can carry Oxygen with high affinity. wtf does chlorophyll do?

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Iron can only bind oxygen when it’s in the ferrous (Fe²⁺) state. If it gets oxidized to ferric (Fe³⁺), that’s methemoglobin — and it can’t carry oxygen at all