Übersetzung für 'bile pigments' von Englisch nach Deutsch

bile pigments

Gallenpigmente {pl}biol.

Gallenfarbstoffe {pl}biol.

• Intermediates are used in different species to form particular substances, but, in humans, the main end-product protoporphyrin IX is combined with iron to form heme. Bile pigments are the breakdown products of heme.
• His research elucidated the route by which bile pigments enter circulation and produce jaundice in various parts of the body.
• Carotenemia does not cause selective orange discoloration of the conjunctival membranes over the sclerae (whites of the eyes), and thus is usually easy to distinguish from the yellowing of the skin and conjunctiva caused by bile pigments in states of jaundice.
• In ancient history, Hippocrates discussed bile pigments in two of the four humours in the context of a relationship between yellow and black biles.
• While typically regarded as a mere waste product of heme breakdown, evidence that suggests that biliverdin — and other bile pigments — has a physiological role in humans has been mounting.

  ---

• Barbier that these IXγ-series bile pigments are derived from cleavage of the porphyrin precursors at the C-15 (formerly γ) methine bridge, which is uncharacteristic of other mammalian and plant biliproteins.
• Gmelin's test is a chemical test used for detecting the presence of bile pigments in urine.
• Discolorations are the results of bile pigments being released following an enzymatic attack of the liver, gallbladder and pancreas and the release of hemoglobin breakdown products.
• Other common constituents are calcium carbonate, palmitate phosphate, bilirubin and other bile pigments (calcium bilirubinate, calcium palmitate and calcium stearate).