Concept information
Preferred term
Porphyrins
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Porphyrin
Note
- pigments; iron porphyrins = HEME or HEMIN, magnesium porphyrins = CHLOROPHYLL
Scope note
- A group of compounds containing the porphin structure, four pyrrole rings connected by methine bridges in a cyclic configuration to which a variety of side chains are attached. The nature of the side chain is indicated by a prefix, as uroporphyrin, hematoporphyrin, etc. The porphyrins, in combination with iron, form the heme component in biologically significant compounds such as hemoglobin and myoglobin.
In other languages
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Finnish
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porfyriini
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porphyrinum
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011166
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