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Yes, it forms the heam group at the centre of the haemaglobin molecules in your red bood cells (erythrocytes) this is what makes red blood cells red. Oxygen binds to the haemoglobin molecule amd is then transported in the blood to the body.

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Iron, it forms the heam group at the centre of the haemaglobin molecules in your red bood cells

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Iron.

Without sufficient iron, the blood is incapable of carrying sufficient oxygen throughout the body.

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An iron ion forms part of the red blood cell. The rest is a complex protein molecule.

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