title: [The fecal pigment (author's transl)].
abstract: The hypothesis is developed that the fecal pigment constitutes a copolymer of bacterially produced monomers. The possible monomers (oxidation products mainly of urobilinogen and hydrolysis products thereof) and the principles of their polymerization are defined.
mesh_terms: D001654:Bile Pigments; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000032:analysis; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011758:Pyrroles; D014558:Urobilinogen / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001654:Bile Pigments; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011758:Pyrroles; D014558:Urobilinogen; D001663:Bilirubin
vernacular_title: Das Fäkal-Pigment