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porphyrine

porphyrine is the alternative form of porphyrin.

Meaning of porphyrin

Noun

porphyrin (plural porphyrins)

  1. 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.).

Forms of porphyrine

pluralporphyrines

Questions about porphyrine

What is porphyrine the alternative form of?
Porphyrine is the alternative form of porphyrin.

Words near porphyrine in the dictionary

  1. porphyrically
  2. porphyries
  3. porphyrilic acid
  4. porphyrin
  5. porphyrinate
  6. porphyrine
  7. porphyrines
  8. porphyrinic
  9. porphyrinogen
  10. porphyrinogenic
  11. porphyrinogenicity

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