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. 2005 Apr;49(4):1391–1396. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1391-1396.2005

TABLE 2.

Porphyrin contents expressed in BPB

Porphyrin % of porphyrin content of:
P. intermedia P. nigrescens P. melaninogenica P. gingivalis
Uroporphyrin 33 2
Heptacarboxyl porphyrin 16
Hexacarboxyl porphyrin
Pentacarboxyl porphyrin
Isocoproporphyrin
Coproporphyrin 17 12 100
Protoporphyrin 83 51 85