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bile pigment [′bīl ′pig·mənt] (biochemistry) Either of two colored organic compounds found in bile: bilirubin and biliverdin. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| One theory: it stimulates the gallbladder to contract, which helps empty it of stone-forming cholesterol and bile pigments. Bilirubin, the bile pigment that yellows the skin of babies born with jaundice, is generally considered a toxic molecule. The liver, it seemed, was not breaking up the hemoglobin to bile pigment. |
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