J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 5:806-810, 1986]. Tin-protoporphyrin (TP) inhibits heme oxygenase, which catalyzes the first step in the degradation of heme to bilirubin, derived from red blood cell ...

Our laboratory has been involved in investigations of the use of tin-protoporphyrin (Sn-PP) as an adjuvent therapy for these patients. Sn-PP an analogue of heme, blocks microsomal heme oxygenase ...