ABSTRACT
Oxygen is relatively insoluble in plasma (the liquid part of vertebrate blood): only 0.3 cm3 of oxygen per 100 cm3 plasma in mammals. Special chromoproteins known as respiratory pigments reversibly bind oxygen and transport it.
Oxygen is relatively insoluble in plasma (the liquid part of vertebrate blood): only 0.3 cm3 of oxygen per 100 cm3 plasma in mammals. Special chromoproteins known as respiratory pigments reversibly bind oxygen and transport it.