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biliverdin

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biliverdin [‚bil·ə′vərd·ən]
(biochemistry)
C33H34N4O6A green, crystalline pigment occurring in the bile of amphibians, birds, and humans; oxidation product of bilirubin in humans.


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2003), or endogenous compounds such as bilirubin and biliverdin (Phelan et al.
Heme oxygenase (HO) is the rate-limiting enzyme that is involved in the degradation of heme to biliverdin, carbon monoxide, and iron.
1, 1998 ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS, a binding by bilirubin and biliverdin, chemicals that form during the natural destruction of aging red blood cells.
 
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