Publication Date:
1980-04-11
Description:
Blue light converts bilirubin in the skin of jaundiced rats to metastable geometric isomers that are transported in blood and excreted in bile. The same reaction probably occurs in jaundiced babies exposed to light, particularly during treatment with phototherapy. Excretion of unisomerized bilirubin is prevented by intramolecular hydrogen bonding, and the pigment has to be metabolized to more polar derivatives to be excreted efficiently.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McDonagh, A F -- Palma, L A -- Lightner, D A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1980 Apr 11;208(4440):145-51.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7361112" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Bile/analysis
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Bilirubin/*blood/metabolism
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Jaundice, Neonatal/therapy
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Liver/metabolism
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Models, Biological
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Molecular Conformation
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*Phototherapy
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Rats
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Skin/*radiation effects
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Spectrophotometry
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Stereoisomerism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
