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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Tetrapyrroles > Bile Pigments > Bilirubin > Biliverdine
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings > Tetrapyrroles > Bile Pigments > Bilirubin > Biliverdine
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Azoles > Pyrroles > Tetrapyrroles > Bile Pigments > Bilirubin > Biliverdine
Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Bile Pigments > Bilirubin > Biliverdine

Preferred term

Biliverdine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Biliverdin
  • Dehydrobilirubin
  • Ooecyan
  • Uteroverdine

Note

  • a bile pigment in amphibia & birds but not in normal human bile; /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • 1,3,6,7-Tetramethyl-4,5-dicarboxyethyl-2,8-divinylbilenone. Biosynthesized from hemoglobin as a precursor of bilirubin. Occurs in the bile of AMPHIBIANS and of birds, but not in normal human bile or serum.

History note

  • 91(76); was see under BILIRUBIN 1976-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001664

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