Figure 2From: Heme and blood-feeding parasites: friends or foes?Summary of the known and possible heme detoxification mechanisms in hematophagous parasites, based on data published in references [11, 12, 62, 76–79, 86–89, 107]. Abbreviations: HO, heme oxygenase; GST, glutathione-S-transferase; GSH, reduced glutathione; Hz, hemozoin; PM, peritrophic matrix.Back to article page