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Urobilinogen is a
yellow by-product of
bilirubin reduction. It is
formed in the
intestines by the
bacterial enzyme bilirubin reductase.
About half of the...
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presence of proteins, glucose, ketones, haemoglobin, bilirubin,
urobilinogen, acetone,
nitrite and
leucocytes as well as
testing of pH and specific...
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intestinal tract,
bilirubin is
converted into
urobilinogen by
symbiotic intestinal bacteria. Most
urobilinogen is
converted into
stercobilinogen and further...
- to the colon, it is
converted into
urobilinogen by the
bacterial enzyme bilirubin reductase. Most of the
urobilinogen is
further reduced into stercobilinogen...
- strips.
Urobilinogen refers to a
group of
compounds produced from
bilirubin by the
intestinal flora.
Under normal conditions, most of the
urobilinogen produced...
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tetrapyrrole compound that,
along with the
related colorless compound urobilinogen, are
degradation products of the
cyclic tetrapyrrole heme.
Urobilin is...
- can
either be
reabsorbed or
reduced to
urobilinogen by the
bacterial enzyme bilirubin reductase. Some
urobilinogen is
absorbed by
intestinal cells and transported...
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detect urobilinogen in fresh, cool urine. If a
urine sample is left to
oxidize in air to form
urobilin the
reagent will not
detect the
urobilinogen. By adding...
- of the
urobilinogen reabsorbed is
resecreted in the bile
which is also part of
enterohepatic circulation. The rest of the
reabsorbed urobilinogen is excreted...
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Stercobilinogen (fecal
urobilinogen) is a
chemical created by
bacteria in the gut. It is made of broken-down hemoglobin. It is
further processed to become...
