title: [Metabolism of bile pigments in the intestine].
abstract: This review discusses the knowledge on the transformation of bilirubin into urobilinoids before its elimination from the organism. The following aspects are presented: mechanism of bilirubin reduction by anaerobic intestinal bacteria, structure of the resulting urobilinoids, and enterohepatic circulation of the latter. Investigations on the reduction of bilirubin by intestinal bacteria in vitro are described, and the diagnostic value of urobilinoids determination is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Central de Chimie Clinique, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève, Suisse.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Corongiu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001654:Bile Pigments / Q000378:metabolism*; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D014557:Urobilin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000652:urine; D014558:Urobilinogen / Q000032:analysis / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D001654:Bile Pigments; D014558:Urobilinogen; D014557:Urobilin; D006418:Heme; D001663:Bilirubin
vernacular_title: Le devenir des pigments biliaires dans l'intestin.