TABLE 2.
Porphyrin contents expressed in BPB
| Porphyrin | % of porphyrin content of:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |