Haldane effect is defined as: September 2010
Ans. C: Deoxygenation of blood increases capacity for carbon dioxide The Haldane effect is a propey of hemoglobin first described by the Scottish physician John Scott Haldane. Deoxygenation of the blood increases its ability to carry carbon dioxide; this propey is the Haldane effect. Conversely, oxygenated blood has a reduced capacity for carbon dioxide.
Impoant mechanism meant for oxygen transpo in the body
Binding of oxygen to hemoglobin increases capacity for carbon dioxide
Deoxygenation of blood increases capacity for carbon dioxide
All of the above