porphyrin
See also: Porphyrin
English
Etymology
From German Porphyrin, shortened from Hämatoporphyrin (“haematoporphyrin”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːfɪɹɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɹfəɹɪn/
Noun
porphyrin (plural porphyrins)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing pyrrole rings arranged in a square or other similar shape; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc.).
Derived terms
- arylporphyrin
- benzoporphyrin
- bisporphyrin
- coproporphyrin
- deuteroporphyrin
- etioporphyrin
- ferriporphyrin
- ferroporphyrin
- geoporphyrin
- hematoporphyrin
- hexaporphyrin
- isoporphyrin
- manganoporphyrin
- mesoporphyrin
- metalloporphyrin
- octabromoporphyrin
- pentaporphyrin
- porphyrinic
- porphyrinogen
- porphyrinogenic
- porphyrinoid
- porphyrinopathy
- porphyrinuria
- protoporphyrin
- tetraporphyrin
- uroporphyrin
- vinylporphyrin
Related terms
Translations
heterocyclic compound