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PORPHYRIN

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("porphyrin" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

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The metal ion can be an isolated ion or coordinated with a nonprotein organic compound, such as the porphyrin moiety found in hemoproteins.

(Metalloprotein, NCI Thesaurus)

A complex mixture of monomeric and aggregated porphyrins with photosensitizing activity.

(Hematoporphyrin derivative, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes mitochondrial ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 6 protein, may play a role in the modulation of both synthesis and hemostasis of heme and porphyrins in mitochondria.

(ABCB6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Porphyrin derivatives containing magnesium that act to convert light energy in photosynthetic organisms.

(Chlorophyll, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)