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bile pigment

[′bīl ′pig·mənt]

(biochemistry)

Either of two colored organic compounds found in bile: bilirubin and biliverdin.

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The presence of bile pigment associated with liver failure was also observed in 2 cases.

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We jointly set out to test whether photoisomerization altered the antioxidant property of the bile pigment.

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THIS is yellowing of the skin and eyes due to a build up of the bile pigment, bilirubin, in the blood.

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This is because their livers are not working efficiently and yellowing of the skin is caused by a build-up of bile pigment.

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old, she was diagnosed with jaundice, hyperbilirubinemia (an excess of bilirubin, a bile pigment, in the bloodstream), and kernicterus (the presence of a yellow pigment and lesions in the gray matter of the brain).

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In the later stages of cirrhosis, jaundice (yellow skin) may occur, caused by the buildup of bile pigment that is normally passed by the liver into the intestines.

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The liver, it seemed, was not breaking up the hemoglobin to bile pigment.

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Jaundice -- yellow discoloration of the whites of the eyes and skin occurs because bile pigment can no longer be removed by the liver

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This is because their livers are not working efficiently, and yellowing of the skin is caused by a build-up of bile pigment.

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Bile pigment may be encountered in patients with marked hyperbilirubinemia and affords the dura a green-yellow coloration.