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porphyrin
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing four pyrrole rings arranged in a square; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc.).
  2. Examples:
    1. “Changes in apoprotein and porphyrin fluorescence suggest two classes of bound porphyrins.”
      “This turnover releases significant amounts of the iron-free portion of heme, porphyrin, which is subsequently degraded.”
      “It should also be noted that the doming deformation in the NSD context does not involve the iron, but only the 24 atoms of the porphyrin ring.”
porphobilinogen
  1. A pyrrole involved in porphyrin metabolism, generated by aminolevulinate and the enzyme ALA dehydratase.
  2. Synonyms:
porphin
  1. (organic chemistry) A ring or four pyrrole rings linked by methine groups; it is the structure at the centre of hemoglobin, chlorophyll and other porphyrins
porphyrinogen
  1. (biochemistry) A reduced form of porphyrin that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of heme
porphyry
  1. (geology) a hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix
    1. A purple-red rock of this kind.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Some of the finest cuprite specimens ever found have come from the oxidized zones of several of Arizona's porphyry copper and related deposits.”
      “This is particularly well known to collectors familiar with porphyry copper deposits of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.”
      “They also noted that much kaolin is in or near decomposed porphyry bodies that overlie the largest ore shoots in the Leadville Dolomite.”
porphycene
  1. (organic chemistry) A structural isomer of porphyrin that acts as a photosensitizer
porphyria
  1. (pathology) Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by excretion of excess porphyrins in the urine.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Other metabolic neuropathies include symptomatic thyroid disease, porphyria, and renal or hepatic failure.”
      “She was a young woman with acute porphyria and severe peripheral neuropathy.”
      “Bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris also cause blistering skin lesions that appear in later adulthood, similar to porphyria cutanea tarda.”
porphyrite
  1. A rock with a porphyritic structure.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In China, at the close of the period, there were enormous eruptions of melaphyre, porphyrite and quartz-porphyry.”
      “In the intersertal and porphyrite diabases, fresh or devitrified glassy base is not infrequent.”
porphyrization
  1. The act of porphyrizing, or the state of being porphyrized.
porphyrinuria
  1. (pathology) The presence of porphyrins in the urine
porphine
  1. Alternative spelling of porphin
porphyre
  1. Obsolete form of porphyry.
porphobilinogens
  1. plural of porphobilinogen
porphyrizations
  1. plural of porphyrization
porphyrinogens
  1. plural of porphyrinogen
porphycenes
  1. plural of porphycene
porphyrites
  1. plural of porphyrite
porphyrins
  1. plural of porphyrin
porphyrias
  1. plural of porphyria
porphyres
  1. plural of porphyre
porphines
  1. plural of porphine
porphyries
  1. plural of porphyry
porphins
  1. plural of porphin
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