protoporphyrin

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What does protoporphyrin mean?

Any porphyrin that lacks a central metal ion

Where does protoporphyrin come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- German Porphyrinbor. English porphyrin English protoporphyrin From proto- + porphyrin.

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