porphobilin

dark brown, almost black pigment derived from porphobilinogen; probably a dipyrrylmethene

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Porphobilin

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1.	Acute Intermittent Porphyria (Porphyria, Acute) 02/01/1971 - "The concentrations of porphobilin and porphobilinogen effective in inhibiting the K(+) stimulation, which are several orders of magnitude lower than the effective concentrations of simple amino acids, are those which might reasonably be expected in the sera of patients with acute intermittent porphyria."