Bile Pigment
Bile Pigment Bile Pigment Any of several colored compounds derived from porphyrin(myoglobin and heamoglobin) Found in bile; principally bilirubin and biliverdin. Bilirubin is hydrophobic and potentially toxic compound. Bilirubin is metabolised like xenobiotics. I gm of Hemoglobin yields 35mg of bilirubin Bilirubin has affinity for elastin, therefore jaundice is most easily seen in the sclera. SOURCE Iron –porphyrin (heme) group of heamoglobin is degraded, […]