Definition of Porphirin

(chemistry) 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).

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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