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Porphyrin vs Bilin - What's the difference?

porphyrin | bilin |

As nouns the difference between porphyrin and bilin

is that 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.) while bilin is any of various biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins.

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

    bilin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of various biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins.

    • Synonyms

    * bilane

    Anagrams

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