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Keywords: Bilirubin, Bile, Pigment, Urochrome, Physiol

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A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome.

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brown bile pigment formed from urobilinogens and found in feces and in small amounts in urine

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AN = a bile pigment; /biosyn /physiol permitted UI = D014557

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A brown pigment formed by the oxidation of urobilinogen; may be formed in the urine after exposure to air

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A compound derived from urobilinogen and ultimately from the bilirubin excreted in bile.

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Urobilin is a yellow linear tetrapyrrole, resulting from the breakdown of haem, a cyclic tetrapyrrole. Urobilin is generated in intestines from bilirubin. It is absorbed into blood stream and is supposed to be degraded in liver.

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