etioporphyrin
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etioporphyrin
[‚ēd·ē·ō′pȯr·fə·rən] (organic chemistry)
C31H34N4 A synthetic porphyrin that has four ethyl and four methyl groups in a red-pigmented compound whose crystals melt at 280°C.
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