Not exact matches
Each individual cell must on its own extract electrons from food that are then
transported along the cell's membrane until they reach an
oxygen molecule.
The most convincing evidence for this, says Jouzel, comes from isotope ratios; ice that has frozen in site has a higher proportion of water
molecules containing the heavy form of
oxygen,
oxygen - 18, than that of ice that has been
transported over long distances by weather systems.
Porphyrins are produced as part of the normal process that makes an important
molecule called heme, which is required to
transport oxygen.
It's a powerful
molecule that's
transported to parts of the body that need
oxygen, and the brain needs a lot of
oxygen.
Meanwhile, iron is necessary for hemoglobin and myoglobin,
molecules that
transport oxygen from the blood to lungs and muscles, respectively.
Hemoglobin is the part of your red blood cells that are responsible for holding onto
oxygen molecules as they get
transported throughout your bloodstream.
As explained above, iron is primarily used as part of hemoglobin, the
molecule responsible for
transporting and releasing
oxygen throughout the body.
Iron is especially important as it provides the backbone for the synthesis of hemoglobin, the
transport molecule of
oxygen in red blood cells.
Iron Sulfate: A source of iron, which is an essential component of hemoglobin, the
molecule that
transports oxygen in the body.