The jaundice of the cell

@article{Greenberg2002TheJO,
  title={The jaundice of the cell},
  author={David A. Greenberg},
  journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  year={2002},
  volume={99},
  pages={15837 - 15839},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:30298986}
}
The case has been made for a neuroprotective effect of bilirubin, the chemical structure of which is best known as a yellow pigment contained in bile, which is released from the gall bladder into the duodenum to aid digestion.
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