A new porphyrin, meso-hydroxyuroporphyrin I, was isolated from the urine of a patient with congenital erythropoietic porphyria. The structure was characterized as the methyl ester, ethyl ester and acetoxy derivatives by fast-atom-bombardment m.s., by conversion into uroporphyrin I and by chemical synthesis.

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