INTERACTION OF HUMAN SERUM LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS WITH PORPHYRINS: A SPECTROSCOPIC AND PHOTOCHEMICAL STUDY

The incorporation of proto‐, uro‐ and hematoporphyrin in low density lipoproteins (LDL) of human blood has been studied by equilibrium dialysis, fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy. The lipoproteins may efficiently compete with albumin in the binding of protoporphyrin to human blood proteins in patients suffering from protoporphyria. It can be concluded that hydrophobic porphyrins bind to blood proteins.

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