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Bilirubin vs Urobilinogen - What's the difference?

bilirubin | urobilinogen |

In biochemistry terms the difference between bilirubin and urobilinogen

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 urobilinogen is a colourless product of bilirubin reduction, formed in the intestines by bacterial action.

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

    urobilinogen

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia urobilinogen)
  • (biochemistry) A colourless product of bilirubin reduction, formed in the intestines by bacterial action.