A compound or complex formed between arsenic and ferritin (an iron-storage protein), relevant to biological and medical research on arsenic toxicity.
From 'arseno-' (arsenic) + 'ferritin' (from Latin 'ferrum' meaning iron, a protein that stores iron), describing an interaction between arsenic and a biological iron-containing protein.
This compound is studied by biochemists trying to understand how arsenic disrupts the body's ability to store and use iron—it's at the cutting edge of toxicology research, showing how a single poison can interfere with multiple biological systems!
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