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Definition of Hematoporphyrin
1. Noun. (biochemistry) The porphyrin portion of heme (minus the iron atom) ¹
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Definition of Hematoporphyrin
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hematoporphyrin
Literary usage of Hematoporphyrin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"hematoporphyrin. When hematin is treated with concentrated sulphuric acid in
presence of air, iron is split off leaving the pigment hematoporphyrin. ..."
2. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"These crystals are hematoporphyrin chloride. The free hematoporphyrin may be
obtained by dissolving in water and neutralizing the acid with sodium acetate. ..."
3. Clinical urinology: A Treatise on the Urinary Aspects of Disease by Alfred Careño Croftan (1907)
"The latter body when treated with concentrated sulphuric acid splits off iron
and is converted into a body called hematoporphyrin, and this substance is an ..."
4. A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by Means of Microscopic and Chemical Methods by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"hematoporphyrin is likewise a derivative of hematin, and, according to Nencki and
... Spectrum of hematoporphyrin in alkaline solution, of absorption, ..."
5. A Laboratory Manual of Physiological Chemistry by Elbert William Rockwood (1919)
"hematoporphyrin. By the action of acids upon hematin the iron is removed, leaving
a violet to red coloring matter—hematoporphyrin. ..."
6. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"To demonstrate hematoporphyrin in human bile the author filled the ... In 3 cases
there was a positive reaction for hematoporphyrin, all others remaining ..."
7. Experimental Pharmacology by Hugh McGuigan (1919)
"hematoporphyrin.—This is present in small amounts in normal urine. It has a
different absorption band in acid and alkaline solutions. ..."
8. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1902)
"The 0.3845 gram of powder, therefore, contained 0.1098 gram of hematoporphyrin,
or 25.9 per cent. One hundred cubic centimeters of urine, therefore, ..."