urobilin
English
Noun
urobilin (plural urobilins)
- (biochemistry) A yellow linear tetrapyrrole resulting from the breakdown of heme, produced when urobilinogen is oxidized by intestinal bacteria.
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Translations
tetrapyrrole
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