porphyrins
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thumb|right|class=skin-invert-image|Porphine, the parent of porphyrin
Research
67,381 papers- [Porphyrins and porphyrias].Annales de biologie clinique · 1998
- Porphyrins and Their Derivatives in Cancer Therapy: Current Advances, Mechanistic Insights, and Prospective Directions.Molecular pharmaceutics · 2025
- Radiolabelled porphyrins in nuclear medicine.Journal of labelled compounds & radiopharmaceuticals · 2014
- [Porphyrins in renal calculi (review)].Actas urologicas espanolas · 2005
- Modifications of Porphyrins and Hydroporphyrins for Their Solubilization in Aqueous Media.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- biological pigment
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- Commons category
- Porphyrins
- topic's main category
- Category:Porphyrins
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- different from
- Perforin 1
- found in taxon
- Pinctada imbricata
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Complexes of porphyrins
- Ancient porphyrins
- Biosynthesis
- Laboratory synthesis
- Potential applications
- Photodynamic therapy
- Molecular electronics and sensors
- Biological applications
- Toxicology
- Gallery
- Related species
- In nature
- Synthetic
- Non-natural porphyrin isomers
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|class=skin-invert-image|Porphine, the parent of porphyrin
Porphyrins ( ) are heterocyclic, macrocyclic, organic compounds, composed of four modified pyrrole subunits interconnected at their α carbon atoms via methine bridges (). In vertebrates, an essential member of the porphyrin group is heme, which is a component of hemoproteins, whose functions include carrying oxygen in the bloodstream. In plants, an essential porphyrin derivative is chlorophyll, which is involved in light harvesting and electron transfer in photosynthesis.
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