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Porphine vs Porphyrin - What's the difference?

porphine | porphyrin |

As nouns the difference between porphine and porphyrin

is that porphine is an alternative spelling of porphin while porphyrin is any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing four pyrrole rings arranged in a square; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc.).

porphine

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • Anagrams

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    porphyrin

    English

    (wikipedia porphyrin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing four pyrrole rings arranged in a square; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc.).

    • Related terms

    * porphyria * porphyric

    See also

    * corrin