Hephaestin, first identified in 1999 is homologous with ceruloplasmin
Named after Hephaestus, the Greek god of metal working
Nabil M. Elkassabany, Geralyn M. Meny, Rafael R. Doria, Catherine Marcucci; Green Plasma—Revisited. Anesthesiology 2008; 108:764–765 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181672668
We could find no reports on green plasma in the past 40 yr in either the surgical or the anesthesia literature, which perhaps explains the lack of knowledge on the part of today’
It Ain’t Easy Being Green
Is this why they have gone off the rails with the beta carotene and related things? Thoughts for another day. A search for “green plasma” at pubmed turns up 130 article
Wolf P, Enlander D, Dalziel J, Swanson J. Green plasma in blood donors. N Engl J Med. 1969 Jul 24;281(4):205. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196907242810407. PMID: 5790495.
ABSTRACT: Recently we have noticed that many plasmas in female blood donors have been extremely green. A green plasma in a unit of blood usually suggests the presence of a gram-neg
Tovey LA, Lathe GH. Caeruloplasmin and green plasma in women taking oral contraceptives, in pregnant women, and in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Lancet. 1968 Sep 14;2(7568):596-600. PMID: 4175158.
ABSTRACT: Of blood donations reaching the Leeds Regional Blood Transfusion Laboratory about 1% have green plasma. Most of these come from women taking oral contraceptives, who cons