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Toxic melanin $/$ haemozoin that causes malarial fever is formed from host.

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DNA

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RNA

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Protein

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Haematin

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Solution

The correct option is D Haematin
Hemozoin is a biocrystal synthesized by Plasmodium and other blood-feeding parasites to avoid the toxicity of free heme derived from the digestion of hemoglobin during invasion of the erythrocytes.

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