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PHYLLOERYTHRIN [1 record]

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Record 1 1989-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

A rose-red photosensitizing porphyrin pigment formed as a degradation product of chlorophyll in the digestive tract of herbivorous animals and normally excreted esp. in the bile but absorbed by the blood in pathological conditions (as geeldikkop).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
CONT

L'excrétion de la phylloérythrine par le foie ne se fait plus et l'augmentation de la concentration sanguine de cette substance provoque la photosensibilisation.

Spanish

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