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unusual facts about bile


John O'Hart

(34) Bile King of Galicia, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile, and Portugal, and his son


7α-Hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one

It is metabolized by the enzyme 7α-hydroxycholest-4-en-3-one 12α-hydroxylase to 7α,12α-dihydroxycholest-4-en-3-one and then to cholic acid, the major primary bile acid in humans.

Bile duct

Jaundice is commonly caused by conditions such as pancreatic cancer, which causes blockage of the bile duct passing through the cancerous portion of the pancreas; cholangiocarcinoma, cancer of the bile ducts; blockage by a stone in patients with gallstones; and from scarring after injury to the bile duct during gallbladder removal.

Bilirubin diglucuronide

It is pumped across the hepatic canalicular membrane into the bile by the transporter MRP2.

C33H34N4O6

Biliverdin, a green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment and a product of heme catabolism

Colestipol

This leads to decreased enterohepatic recirculation of bile acids, increased synthesis of new bile acids by the liver from cholesterol, decreased liver cholesterol, increased LDL receptor expression, and decreasing LDL in blood.

Green blood

Prasinohaema (Greek: "green blood"), a genus of skinks whose blood color is caused by an excess of the bile pigment biliverdin

Haller Rocks

They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Albrecht von Haller, a Swiss physiologist who made important contributions to medical knowledge, for example, mechanism of heartbeat, action of bile.

Intestinal juice

Colipase is necessary, along with Bile Salts, to enable Lipase function.

Mingo Bile

Régio Francisco Congo Zalata (born June 15, 1987 in Benguela), better known as Mingo Bile is an Angolan football Defender who currently plays for Primeiro de Agosto.

Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis

PFIC-2 is caused by a variety of mutations in ABCB11, the gene that codes for the bile salt export pump, or BSEP.

Sevdalinka

In Ottoman Turkish sevda doesn't simply mean black bile; it also refers to a state of being in love, and more specifically to the intense and forlorn longing associated with lovesickness and unrequited love.


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