Which element is considered the main constituent of blood?
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Haemoglobin is made of two words:- "Haemo" and "globin" of which "Haemo" means iron and "globin" means protein. Clearly, iron is the main constituent. Reserach reveals that 7 0 % of haemoglobin contains iron.