In context|organic chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between porphyrin and sapphyrin
is that porphyrin is (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) while sapphyrin is (organic chemistry) a macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues.
As nouns the difference between porphyrin and sapphyrin
is that porphyrin is (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) while sapphyrin is (organic chemistry) a macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues.
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
sapphyrin
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(organic chemistry) A macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues