biliverdin
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- Metabolism
- Role in disease
- Role in treatment of disease
- In non-human animals
- In fluorescence imaging
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Biliverdin (from the Latin for green bile) is a green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, and is a product of heme catabolism.
It is the pigment responsible for a greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.