- verdohemochrome
- An intermediate stage in hemoglobin degradation to yield the bile pigments, i.e., hemoglobin yields choleglobin (verdohemoglobin) and the loss of globin leaves v., the precursor of biliverdin.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
verdohemochrome
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choleglobin — A pigmented compound of globin and iron porphyrin (with an open ring due to cleavage of the α methene bridge by α methyl oxygenase); the first intermediate in the degradation of hemoglobin, further d … Medical dictionary
urobilin — 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… … Medical dictionary
