Definitions for stercobilinogen
ster·co·bilino·gen

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1. urobilinogen, stercobilinogennoun

   a chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine

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1. Stercobilinogen

   Stercobilinogen (fecal urobilinogen) is a chemical created by bacteria in the gut. It is made of broken-down hemoglobin. It is further processed to become the chemical that gives feces its brown color.Bilirubin is a pigment that results from the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin. The liver conjugates bilirubin, making it water-soluble; and the conjugated form is then excreted in urine as urobilinogen. Urobilinogen is colourless and is further oxidised to stercobilin which imparts colour to feces. Darkening of feces upon standing in air is due to the oxidation of residual urobilinogens to urobilins. In the intestine, bilirubin is converted by bacteria to stercobilinogen. Stercobilinogen is absorbed and excreted by either the liver or the kidney. Stercobilinogen is oxidized to stercobilin, which is responsible for the pigmentation of feces. In early liver disease, impaired biliary excretion causes stercobilinogen to be absorbed mostly by the kidney, and, therefore, stercobilinogen will appear in the urine in excess as urobilinogen. This happens because "Stercobilinogen" is simply the name given to Urobilinogen in the GI tract; and in fact its use as a separate term has fallen out of favor due to the confusion.

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1. stercobilinogen

   Stercobilinogen is a colorless substance that is part of the metabolic pathway of bilirubin. It is formed in the intestines by bacterial action on bilirubin. Most stercobilinogen is oxidized to stercobilin, which gives feces their brown color, or reabsorbed and excreted through the urine, while a small amount is reabsorbed into the bloodstream.

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1. Stercobilinogen

   Stercobilinogen is a chemical created by bacteria in the gut. It is made of broken-down hemoglobin. It is further processed to become the chemical that gives feces its brown color. Bilirubin is a pigment that results from the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin. The liver conjugates bilirubin, making it water-soluble; and the conjugated form is then excreted in urine as urobilinogen, giving urine its color. In the intestine, bilirubin is converted by bacteria to stercobilinogen. Stercobilinogen is absorbed and excreted by either the liver or the kidney. Stercobilinogen is oxidized to stercobilin, which is responsible for the pigmentation of feces. In early liver disease, impaired biliary excretion causes sterocobilinogen to be absorbed mostly by the kidney, and, therefore, stercobilinogen will appear in the urine in excess as urobilinogen. This is a marker of early liver disease.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stercobilinogen in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stercobilinogen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stercobilinogen
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