bilirubin

/bil-uh-roo-bin, bil-uh-roo-bin/US // ˈbɪl əˌru bɪn, ˌbɪl əˈru bɪn //UK // (ˌbɪlɪˈruːbɪn, ˌbaɪ-) //

胆红素

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Biochemistry.
- : a reddish bile pigment, C33H36O6N4, resulting from the degradation of heme by reticuloendothelial cells in the liver: a high level in the blood produces the yellow skin symptomatic of jaundice.

In catarrhal conditions of the small intestine bilirubin may be carried through unchanged.
The stools of infants are yellow, owing partly to their milk diet and partly to the presence of unchanged bilirubin.
It may assume a greenish hue after standing, owing to oxidation of bilirubin into biliverdin.
The modern view of hmatogenous jaundice had its origin in the supposed discovery of the identity of hmatoidin with bilirubin.
The union of bilirubin and lime salts illustrates the same principle.