heme pigment

  • 121urobilin — A uroporphyrin; an acyclic tetrapyrrole that is one of the natural breakdown products of heme via choleglobin, verdohemochrome, biliverdin, bilirubin, and d urobilinogen; a urinary pigment that gives a varying orange red coloration to urine… …

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  • 122hémosidérine — ● hémosidérine nom féminin Protéine participant avec la ferritine à la fixation tissulaire du fer non lié à l hème. hémosidérine [emosideʀin] n. f. ÉTYM. XXe; de hémo (→ Héma ), sidér , et ine. ❖ ♦ Chim., biol. Pigment protéique jaune brunâtre… …

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  • 123biliverdin — bil·i·ver·din .bil i vərd ən, bil i . n a green pigment C33H34N4O6 that occurs in bile and is an intermediate in the degradation of hemoglobin heme groups to bilirubin * * * n. see bile pigments * * * bil·i·ver·din (bil″ĭ vurґdin)… …

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  • 124haemitin — noun a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds • Syn: ↑heme, ↑haem, ↑hematin, ↑protoheme • Hypernyms: ↑pigment • Substance Holonyms: ↑hemoglobin, ↑ …

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  • 125hematin — noun a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds • Syn: ↑heme, ↑haem, ↑haemitin, ↑protoheme • Hypernyms: ↑pigment • Substance Holonyms: ↑hemoglobin, ↑ …

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  • 126biliverdin — noun Etymology: Swedish, from Latin bilis + obsolete French verd green Date: 1845 a green pigment that occurs in bile and is an intermediate in the degradation of hemoglobin heme groups to bilirubin …

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  • 127hematoporphyrin — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1885 any of several isomeric porphyrins C34H38O6N4 that are hydrated derivatives of protoporphyrins; especially the deep red crystalline pigment obtained by treating hematin or heme with… …

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  • 128hemoglobin — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, short for earlier hematoglobulin Date: 1869 1. an iron containing respiratory pigment of vertebrate red blood cells that consists of a globin composed of four subunits each of which is linked… …

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