Chemical Structure of the Red Blood Cell

Abstract

The red blood cell is a definitely organized complex. Hb and salts are held in a composite structure, the essential components of which are protein and lipid. The different hematological and phys. characteristics of the erythrocytes obtained from various spp. are associated with the quantity relationship of the protein-lipid complex of the red cell framework. The fact that the protein and lipid patterns are remarkably similar in the different spp. and that in certain pathological states the lipid pattern undergoes marked alteration points to the red blood cell as a vital entity similar to other tissue cells which likewise undergo chemical changes under pathological conditions.