porphin

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porphin [′pȯr·fən]

(biochemistry)

A heterocyclic ring consisting of four pyrrole rings linked by methine (‒CH=) bridges; the basic structure of chlorophyll, hemoglobin, the cytochromes, and certain other related substances.

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