bilirubin

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  1. noun A reddish-yellow bile pigment, C33H36N4O6, derived from the degradation of heme.

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  • In the liver, Mrp2 transports bilirubin-glucuronide, glutathione (GSH), and drug conjugates into bile, whereas Mrp3 and Mrp4 efflux these entities into blood. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • [7] The major components of bile include cholesterol, phospholipids, bilirubin (a metabolite of red blood cell hemoglobin), and bile salts. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
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  • The yellow pigment is from bilirubin, a byproduct of old red blood cells that don't get filtered out by the liver. —  Gawker
  • In the new study, Cary Pirone and colleagues note that bilirubin is a brownish yellow substance resulting from the liver's breakdown of hemoglobin, the red pigment that carries oxygen in the blood.
 

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  1. Latin bīlis, bile + ruber, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots + -in.

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  1. from Latin bilis, bile, + rub (er), red, + -in.
 

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/bɪlɪˈrubɪn/
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