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Mesh term Tetrapyrroles

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Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings
Macrocyclic Compounds
Pyrroles

Description

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.


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Bile Pigments
Chlorophyll
Corrinoids
Phycobilins
Porphyrins


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