Heme iron is the form found in animal proteins, and also comprises 95 percent of the iron in our bodies
PMID 10726422
It exhibits neuropathological and electrophysiological protective effect on nerve degeneration in animal models of axonal degeneration (adriamycin, acrylamide, and vincristine-induced neuropathies) with spontaneous diabetes mellitus
These include some antibiotics, metformin (for diabetes), and stomach acid reducers like proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) or H2 blockers
Functions as a for metabolic reaction required for synthesis of purines and pyrimidines: co-enzyme The reaction depends on methyl cobalamin as a co-factor and is also dependent on folate, in which the methyl group of methyltetrahydrofolate is transferred to homocysteine to form methionine and tetrahydrofolate
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