Definition of Stercobilin. Meaning of Stercobilin. Synonyms of Stercobilin

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Definition of Stercobilin

Stercobilin
Stercobilin Ster`co*bi"lin, n. [L. stercus dung + E. bilin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A coloring matter found in the f[ae]ces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, -- identical with hydrobilirubin.

Meaning of Stercobilin from wikipedia

- 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 ****...
- Some of this remains in the large intestine, and its conversion to stercobilin gives **** their brown color. Some is reabsorbed into the bloodstream...
- urobilinogen in the intestine is directly reduced to brownish colour stercobilin, which gives the **** their characteristic color. It can also be reduced...
- urobilinogen is converted into stercobilinogen and further oxidized into stercobilin. Stercobilin is excreted via ****, giving stool its characteristic brown coloration...
- urobilinogen, which is then further oxidized to urobilin and stercobilin. Urobilin, stercobilin and their degradation products give **** its brown color...
- component of the straw-yellow color in urine. Another breakdown product, stercobilin, causes the brown color of ****. Although bilirubin is usually found...
- is from stercus ("dung"), which is also the etymon of stercoranism, stercobilin, stercoral, etc. "Jaeger". Oxford English Dictionary (OnlineĀ ed.). Oxford...
- Urobilinogen / stercobilinogen is colourless and is further oxidised to stercobilin which imparts colour to ****. Darkening of **** upon standing in air...
- is not conjugated and thus not excreted in the urine. The increase of stercobilin (urobilin) in the **** and urine is caused by the enhanced intracellular...
- include the following: Pale stools occur when stercobilin, a brown pigment, is absent from the stool. Stercobilin is derived from bilirubin metabolites produced...