porphyrin

See also: Porphyrin

English

Etymology

From German Porphyrin, shortened from Hämatoporphyrin (“haematoporphyrin”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːfɪɹɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɹfəɹɪn/

Noun

porphyrin (plural porphyrins)

1. (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
• manganoporphyrin
• mesoporphyrin
• metalloporphyrin
• octabromoporphyrin
• pentaporphyrin
• porphyrinic
• porphyrinogen
• porphyrinogenic
• porphyrinoid
• porphyrinopathy
• porphyrinuria
• protoporphyrin
• tetraporphyrin
• uroporphyrin
• vinylporphyrin

 

Related terms

• porphyria
• porphyric

Translations

heterocyclic compound

• Catalan: porfirina f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 卟啉 (buk¹ lam⁴)

  Mandarin: 卟啉 (zh) (bǔlín)

• Finnish: porfyriini (fi)
• Galician: porfirina f
• German: Porphyrin n
• Italian: porfirina (it) f
• Japanese: ポルフィリン (porufirin)
• Korean: 포르피린 (poreupirin)
• Spanish: porfirina f
• Turkish: porfirin

See also

• corrin