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Bilirubin vs Stercobilin - What's the difference?

bilirubin | stercobilin |

In biochemistry terms the difference between bilirubin and stercobilin

is that bilirubin is a bile pigment that is product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), extremely high levels of which cause jaundice while stercobilin is a tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, one of the end products of heme catabolism, responsible for the brown colour of human faeces.

bilirubin

English

(wikipedia bilirubin)

Noun

(-)
  • (biochemistry) A bile pigment that is product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), extremely high levels of which cause jaundice.

    • Related terms

    * bilirubinometer * bilirubinometry * hyperbilirubinemia

    stercobilin

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia stercobilin)
  • (biochemistry) A tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, one of the end products of heme catabolism, responsible for the brown colour of human faeces.