Urobilin
Yellow pigment in urine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Urobilin or urochrome is the chemical primarily responsible for the yellow color of urine. It is a linear tetrapyrrole compound that, along with the related colorless compound urobilinogen, are degradation products of the cyclic tetrapyrrole heme.
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IUPAC name
3,3′-[(4S,16S)-3,18-Diethyl-2,7,13,17-tetramethyl-1,19-dioxo-1,4,5,15,16,19,22,24-octahydro-21H-biline-8,12-diyl]dipropanoic acid | |
Systematic IUPAC name
3,3′-([12S,4(52)Z,72S]-13,74-Diethyl-14,33,54,73-tetramethyl-15,75-dioxo-12,15,72,75-tetrahydro-11H,31H,71H-1,7(2),3,5(2,5)-tetrapyrrolaheptaphan-4(52)-ene-34,53-diyl)dipropanoic acid | |
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Urochrome | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.015.870 |
MeSH | Urobilin |
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C33H42N4O6 | |
Molar mass | 590.721 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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