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Definition of Protoporphyrin
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protoporphyrin
Literary usage of Protoporphyrin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel: Levels Needed for Cognitive And by Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2006)
"An increased erythrocyte protoporphyrin concentration in the blood therefore
indicates ... Erythrocyte protoporphyrin concentration is not specific for iron ..."
2. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Association of erythrocyte protoporphyrin with blood lead level and iron status
in the ... Setting the optimal erythrocyte protoporphyrin screening decision ..."
3. Preventing Lead Poisoning in Young Children (1993)
"Smith RM, Doran D, Mazur M, Bush B. High performance liquid Chromatographie
determination of protoporphyrin and zinc protoporphyrin in blood. ..."
4. Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housingby David E. Jacobs by David E. Jacobs (1996)
"4- Conduct biological monitoring of workers' blood lead levels and zinc protoporphyrin
levels (zinc protoporphyrin levels are one way of measuring long-term ..."
5. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Attached to each globin is a specific ring of atoms (protoporphyrin) ...
The protoporphyrin-iron complex is called heme; hence, the name given to the entire ..."