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THE formation of a well-defined red complex between hydrogen peroxide and methæmoglobin or metmyoglobin is well established1–3. Keilin and Hartree found that the formation requires one molecule of peroxide per hæmatin iron atom. With reducing agents this complex is reduced back to methæmoglobin or metmyoglobin, and in the overall reaction the peroxide is reduced to water.
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GEORGE, P., IRVINE, D. Reaction of Metmyoglobin with Hydrogen Peroxide. Nature 168, 164–165 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168164b0
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