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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 giving urine its color.

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IUPAC name
3-[2-[[3-(2-carboxyethyl)-5-[[(2S3R4R)-4-ethyl-3-methyl-5-oxopyrrolidin-2-yl]methyl]-4-methyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl]methyl]-5-(2S3R4R)-3-ethyl-4-methyl-5-oxopyrrolidin-2-yl]methyl]-4-methyl-1H-pyrrol-3-yl]propanoic acid

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