Stercobilin is a tetrapyrrolic bile pigment and is one end-product of heme catabolism. It is the chemical responsible for the brown color of human feces and was originally isolated from feces in 1932. Stercobilin (and related urobilin) can be used as a marker for biochemical identification of fecal pollution levels in rivers. == Metabolism == Ster...
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• (n.) A coloring matter found in the faeces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, -- identical with hydrobilirubin.
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(stur″ko-bi´lin) a bile pigment derivative formed by air oxidation of stercobilinogen; it is a brown-orange-red pigmentation contributing to the color of feces and urine.
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Ster`co·bi'lin noun [ Latin
stercus dung + English
bilin .]
(Physiol. Chem.) A coloring matter found in the fæces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, -- identical with
hydrobilirubin .
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ster′kō-bī′lin, -bil′in Definitions: 1. A brown degradation product of hemoglobin, present in feces.
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stercobilin 1. A brown degradation product of hemoglobin, present in the feces. 2. A coloring matter found in the feces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal; identical to hydrobilirubin (body formed from bilirubin*, identical with urobilin*). *Bilirubin is a pigment produced when the liver processes waste prod...
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