fēn

technical
loanword

Meaning of 卟吩

卟吩 means porphin; an organic heterocyclic compound and the parent structure of chlorophyll and heme. Pronounced bǔ fēn.

  • porphin; an organic heterocyclic compound and the parent structure of chlorophyll and heme

Definitions & Examples

fēn
shì
luò
huán
de
běn
jià
 

Porphin is the fundamental skeleton of the tetrapyrrole ring system.

绿
xuè
hóng
de
fèn
jié
gòu
zhōng
jūn
hán
yǒu
fēn
huán
 

The molecular structures of both chlorophyll and heme contain a porphin ring.

Zhè
ge
fǎn
yìng
shè
jīn
shǔ
qiàn
dào
fēn
pèi
zhōng
 

This reaction involves the insertion of a metal ion into a porphin ligand.

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