different between cytochrome vs diaphorase

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From cyto- +? -chrome.

cytochrome (plural cytochromes)

Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part of cell respiration.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2001, p. 33:
  The drug-metabolizing enzymes in the liver, called cytochrome-p450s, comprise a large family of some fifty or more related enzymes, which have evolved in a remarkable way […].

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diaphorase (plural diaphorases)

(biochemistry) Any of a group of flavoprotein enzymes that catalyze the reduction of cytochrome and other similar compounds

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