coproporphyrinn.
/kɒprəʊˈpɔːfɪrɪn/ Biochemistry.
A porphyrin pigment, C36H38N4O8, excreted by the liver in bile and found in fæces and urine.
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1924 Chem. Abstr. 18 3213 From the hypothetical ‘myohemoglobin’ coproporphyrin is formed.
1939 C. H. Best & N. B. Taylor Physiol. Basis Med. Pract. (ed. 2) ii. 73 Coproporphyrin..is found normally in human feces, and in urine, bile and milk in traces.
1961 Lancet 22 July 176/1 Ether-soluble porphyrins..Protoporphyrin and coproporphyrin.
1961 Lancet 22 July 214/1 In symptomatic cutaneous porphyria..fæcal coproporphyrin and protoporphyrin are normal or only slightly increased.
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