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... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings > Tetrapyrroles > Bile Pigments > Urobilinogen
Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Tetrapyrroles > Bile Pigments > Urobilinogen
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Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Bile Pigments > Urobilinogen

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Urobilinogen  

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Note

  • a bile pigment; /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • A colorless compound formed in the intestines by the reduction of bilirubin. Some is excreted in the feces where it is oxidized to urobilin. Some is reabsorbed and re-excreted in the bile as bilirubin. At times, it is re-excreted in the urine, where it may be later oxidized to urobilin.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014558

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