National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Porphyrin

ID

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

ALT_DEFINITION

A group of compounds containing the porphin structure, four pyrrole rings connected by methine bridges in a cyclic configuration to which a variety of side chains are attached. The nature of the side chain is indicated by a prefix, as uroporphyrin, hematoporphyrin, etc. The porphyrins, in combination with iron, form the heme component in biologically significant compounds such as hemoglobin and myoglobin.

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:8337

CHEBI:26214

code

C764

label

Porphyrin

Legacy_Concept_Name

Porphyrin

Preferred_Name

Porphyrin

prefixIRI

C764

prefLabel

Porphyrin

Semantic_Type

Biologically Active Substance

Organic Chemical

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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