hemin /he·min/ (he´min)
1. a porphyrin chelate of iron, derived from red blood cells; the chloride of heme. It is used to treat the symptoms of various porphyrias.
2. hematin (1).
he·min (h  m n)n. The reddish-brown crystalline chloride of heme produced when hemoglobin reacts with certain reagents in a test for the presence of blood. Also called hematin chloride. |
hemin
porphyrin required by some bacterial species for growth. Called also X factor.
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