Bilirubin (from porcine gall bladder)
Supplier: MP BIOMEDICALS (FKA ICN BIOMED
Bilirubin is the principal pigment of bile and constituent of many biliary calculi and also found in blood. As the major end-product of the biological breakdown of heme, bilirubin is the chromophore responsible for coloration in various forms of jaundice.
Bilirubin is suitable for use in the preparation of standard stock solutions of bilirubin for color density comparison in the determination of serum bilirubin.
It appears to function as an antioxidant and efficient peroxyl radical scavenger, protecting membrane lipids from oxidation by these radicals. At nanomolar concentrations it has been shown to protect neurons from oxidative damage.
Bilirubin is produced from Ox-gall which is sterilized before extraction with high pressure vapour at 120 °C. Then the bilirubin is extracted in a continuous extraction process with chloroform as a crude product. Recrystallization and purification is with ethanol and chloroform.
-20°C. Protect from light.
- Presentation: Orange Yellow Powder
- Extinction Coefficient (E1%): E1%= 1020 (453 nm, CHCl3); EmM= 60 (453 nm)
- Soluble in chloroform (10 mg/ 100 mL-clear, to hazy yellow to orange solution), when solution is prepared as described under Coefficient of Extinction, in benzene, chlorobenzene, carbon disulfied, acids, alkalis; slightly soluble in alcohol ether; practically insoluble in water.
Formula:
C₃₃H₃₆N₄O₆ Storage Temperature: Freezer |
MDL Number:
MFCD00005499 CAS Number: 635-65-4 |
Specification Test Results
Identity Test | Passes |
Source | Porcine Gall Bladder |
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