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Phytomedicines and Nutraceuticals: Alternative Therapeutics for Sickle Cell Anemia
1 Jan 2013
Abstract excerpt
Sickle cell anemia is a genetically inherited disease in which the "SS" individual possesses an abnormal beta globin gene. A single base substitution in the gene encoding the human β -globin subunit results in replacement of β 6 glutamic acid by valine, leading to the devastating clinical manifestations of sickle cell disease. This substitution causes drastic reduction in the solubility of sickle cell hemoglobin...
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