Occurrence of bilirubin-IX beta in the gallbladder bile of eel, Anguilla japonica.
Bilirubin-IX beta isomer was detected in the bile of eel, Anguilla japonica, as evidenced by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of free acid and its ethyl anthranilate diazo derivatives. Bilirubin-IX beta accounted for 16.7 +/- 6.0 (mean +/- S.D.) percent of the total bilirubins in the bile of 40 eels analysed, and the percentage was much higher than that reported in the biles of mammals.
Sakai
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T
Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, Japan.
Yamaguchi
T
T
Nakajima
H
H
Kono
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N
Shimizu
C
C
D000811:Anguilla / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000032:analysis*; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
D001663:Bilirubin