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[Metabolism of bile pigments in the intestine]
1Laboratoire Central de Chimie Clinique, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève, Suisse.
Annales De Biologie Clinique
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
This review discusses the knowledge on the transformation of bilirubin into urobilinoids before its elimination from the organism. The following aspects are presented: mechanism of bilirubin reduction by anaerobic intestinal bacteria, structure of the resulting urobilinoids, and enterohepatic circulation of the latter. Investigations on the reduction of bilirubin by intestinal bacteria in vitro are described, and the diagnostic value of urobilinoids determination is discussed.