Photooxidation of Bilirubin to Biliverdin and Bilirubin Structure

A. F. McDonagh
Division of Gastroenterology and the New Liver Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0538
D. A. Lightner
Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno NV 89557-0020
J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (2), p 199
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p199
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 2008
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Abstract

Two recent articles in this Journal dealt with bilirubin (BR), the yellow pigment of neonatal jaundice. While BR is a fascinating biomedically-relevant tool for teaching photochemistry and stereochemistry, both articles are minefields of misinformation whose main pedagogical use might be as examples of error.

Keywords (Audience):

First-Year Undergraduate / General

Keywords (Domain):

Biochemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Letters

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Communication / Writing

Keywords (Subject):

Dyes / Pigments
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  • Received: August 03, 2009

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