"urobilin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: urobilins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} urobilin (countable and uncountable, plural urobilins)
  1. (biochemistry) A yellow linear tetrapyrrole resulting from the breakdown of heme, produced when urobilinogen is oxidized by intestinal bacteria. Wikipedia link: urobilin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry Synonyms: urochrome Translations (tetrapyrrole): urobiliini (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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