noun🔗SharePorphyrin, eine Klasse heterocyclischer VerbindungenAny of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing pyrrole rings arranged in a square or other similar shape; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc.)."Hemoglobin, the molecule that carries oxygen in our blood, contains a porphyrin ring with an iron atom at its center. "Hämoglobin, das Molekül, das Sauerstoff in unserem Blut transportiert, enthält einen Porphyrinring mit einem Eisenatom in seinem Zentrum.compoundbiochemistrychemistrysubstancemedicinephysiologybiologytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
