National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Porphyrin
Synonyms

Porphyrin

Definitions

A group of organic heterocyclic compounds that are comprised of four modified pyrrole subunits connected via methine bridges and form an aromatic macrocyclic structure, which has one or more side chains attached. Many porphyrins are naturally occurring pigments. Porphyrins with metal ions bound to the porphin ring can be cofactors for biological processes, such as oxygen transport by hemes and photosynthesis by chlorophyll.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C764

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:26214

CHEBI:8337

code

C764

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C142799

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

Contributing_Source

CTRP

DEFINITION

A group of organic heterocyclic compounds that are comprised of four modified pyrrole subunits connected via methine bridges and form an aromatic macrocyclic structure, which has one or more side chains attached. Many porphyrins are naturally occurring pigments. Porphyrins with metal ions bound to the porphin ring can be cofactors for biological processes, such as oxygen transport by hemes and photosynthesis by chlorophyll.

Display_Name

Porphyrin

FULL_SYN

Porphyrin

label

Porphyrin

Legacy Concept Name

Porphyrin

Preferred_Name

Porphyrin

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C764

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

Biologically Active Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0032712

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C747

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C542

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