What is false about bilirubin?
TEXT BOOK OF HARSH MOHAN SIXTH EDITION PAGE.593 Bilirubin is a yellow compound that occurs in the normal catabolic pathway that breaks down heme in veebrates. This catabolism is a necessary process in the body's clearance of waste products that arise from the destruction of aged or abnormal red blood cells
Conjugation is rate limiting step
Bilirubin has affinity for elastin
Total Hb content of body is 750 gm
Normal serum bilirubin concentration ranges from 0.3-1.3 mg/dl, about 80% of which is unconjugated
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