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Tetrapyrroles

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Definition: Four PYRROLES joined by one-carbon units linking position 2 of one to position 5 of the next. The conjugated bond system results in PIGMENTATION.     
Examples Bile Pigments; Chlorophyll; Corrinoids; Phycobilins; Porphyrins
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
compound 800  0   *Tetrapyrroles. Biochemistry 2004 Aug 24;43(33):10730-8
alcian green  37370-50-6   *Tetrapyrroles. Gegenbaurs Morphol Jahrb 1984;130(6):813
Alcian Yellow  61968-76-1 C.I. Ingrain Yellow 1  *Tetrapyrroles. J Neurobiol 1981;12(3):297

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