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pyropheophorbide

pyropheophorbide noun: any of a group of breakdown products of pheophorbides that retain a porphyrin ring system.

Noun

pyropheophorbide (plural pyropheophorbides)

  1. Any of a group of breakdown products of pheophorbides that retain a porphyrin ring system

Forms of pyropheophorbide

pluralpyropheophorbides

Origin of pyropheophorbide

From pyro- + pheophorbide.

Questions about pyropheophorbide

What does pyropheophorbide mean?
Pyropheophorbide means any of a group of breakdown products of pheophorbides that retain a porphyrin ring system.
What part of speech is pyropheophorbide?
Pyropheophorbide is a noun.
What is the plural of pyropheophorbide?
The plural of pyropheophorbide is pyropheophorbides.

Words near pyropheophorbide in the dictionary

  1. pyropes
  2. pyrophane
  3. pyrophanes
  4. pyrophanite
  5. pyrophanous
  6. pyropheophorbide
  7. pyropheophorbides
  8. pyropheophytin
  9. pyropheophytins
  10. pyrophile
  11. pyrophiles

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