How does the presence of Co reduce the amount of hemoglobin available in the blood for carrying oxygen to the
body cells?
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CO combines with haemoglobin (Hb) of the red blood corpuscles (RBCs) about 300 times more readily than oxygen to form carboxyhaemoglobin complex, as follows
Hb+ CO ------> HbCO
Thus, Hb is not able to combine with oxygen to form oxyhaemoglobin complex and hence, transport of oxygen to different body cells does not occur.
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