Protoporphyrin

Porphyrin tests measure the level of porphyrins in your blood, urine (pee), or stool (poop). Your body uses porphyrins to make heme. Heme is part of hemoglobin, which is a protein in your red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body.

Porphyrin tests are used to help diagnose or to monitor all types of porphyria.

Source: MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine

Normal range

1 published range, each from a named source

100 nmol/g dry drawn: all ages · ARUP Laboratories Test Directory

Normal: 0–100 nmol/g dry

Ranges from ARUP Laboratories Test Directory.

details

Sample: Serum or plasma · LOINC
Code: LOINC 17501-8 · nmol/g dry
Also known as: Protoporph, Protoporphrn, Protoporphyrins

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