A) heamatin
B) Schuffhers dots
C) haemozoin
D) haemotoxin
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
Haemozoin is a ferric ion derivative of haem. It is the unused haematin which forms toxic malarial pigment. Haemozoin granules accumulate in trophozoites cytoplasm, when released causes malarial fever. Schuffners dots are small pink or red eosinophilic granules seen in the RBCs of malarial patients inhabited by trophozoites of Plasmodium vivax. Haematin is the red pigment of haemoglobin while globin is the protein part.
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