verdohemoglobin


cho·le·glo·bin

(kō'lē-glō'bin), A pigmented compound of globin and iron porphyrin (with an open ring due to cleavage of the α-methene bridge by α-methyl oxygenase); the first intermediate in the degradation of hemoglobin, further degraded successively to verdohemochrome, biliverdin, and bilirubin. Synonym(s): bile pigment hemoglobin, green hemoglobin, verdohemoglobin

verdohemoglobin

(vĕr″dō-hēm′ō-glōb″ĭn) A greenish pigment occurring as an intermediate product in the formation of bilirubin from hemoglobin.