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Stercobilinogen

Stercobilinogen logo #10101) Urobilinogen
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Stercobilinogen

Stercobilinogen logo #21000 Stercobilinogen (fecal urobilinogen) is a chemical created by bacteria in the gut. It is made of broken-down hemoglobin. It is further processed to become the chemical that gives feces its brown color. Bilirubin is a pigment that results from the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin. The liver conjugates bilirubin, making it water-soluble; ...
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stercobilinogen

stercobilinogen logo #21001(stur″ko-bi-lin´o-jәn) a bilirubin metabolite and precursor of stercobilin, formed by reduction of urobilinogen.
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stercobilinogen

stercobilinogen logo #21009stercobilinogen 1. A reduction product of stercobilin which occurs in the feces; it is a colorless compound which becomes brown on oxidation, probably identical with urobilinogen. 2. A chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in...
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