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Biliverdine

Known as: Ooecyan, Biliverdin, Dehydrobilirubin 
1,3,6,7-Tetramethyl-4,5-dicarboxyethyl-2,8-divinylbilenone. Biosynthesized from hemoglobin as a precursor of bilirubin. Occurs in the bile of… 
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22 relations

Broader (1)

Bilirubin

Narrower (12)

Biliverdin IXBiliverdin IX alphabiliverdin IX delta dimethyl esterbiliverdin XIII alpha dimethyl ester
In BloodProcess of secretionagonistsanalogs & derivatives

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Targeting heme oxygenase-1 in vascular disease.
Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) metabolizes heme to generate carbon monoxide (CO), biliverdin, and iron. Biliverdin is subsequently… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Heme oxygenase-1 inhibits apoptosis in Caco-2 cells via activation of Akt pathway.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Exacerbation of Chronic Renovascular Hypertension and Acute Renal Failure in Heme Oxygenase-1–Deficient Mice
Abstract— Heme oxygenase (HO) is a cytoprotective enzyme that degrades heme (a potent oxidant) to generate carbon monoxide (a… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Modulation of heme oxygenase in tissue injury and its implication in protection against gastrointestinal diseases.
Review
2000
Review
2000
The heme oxygenase–carbon monoxide system: u regulator of hepatobiliary function
Heme oxygenase (HO) degrades protoheme IX by cleaving its a-methene bridge into carbon monoxide (CO), free divalent iron (Fe21… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The crystal structure of nitrophorin 4 at 1.5 A resolution: transport of nitric oxide by a lipocalin-based heme protein.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
In vitro attachment of bilins to apophycocyanin. I. Specific covalent adduct formation at cysteinyl residues involved in phycocyanobilin binding in C-phycocyanin.
Expression of cloned alpha and beta subunit genes of Synechococcus sp. PCC7002 C-phycocyanin in Escherichia coli led to the… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Preparation and properties of crystalline biliverdin IX alpha. Simple methods for preparing isomerically homogeneous biliverdin and [14C[biliverdin by using 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone.
Amorphous isomerically pure biliverdin IX alpha is readily prepared in more than 70% yield by dehydrogenation of bilirubin with 2… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Inhibition of the mutagenicity of amino acid pyrolysis products by hemin and other biological pyrrole pigments.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Purification and properties of heme oxygenase from rat liver microsomes.
Heme oxygenase was purified to apparent homogeneity from liver microsomes of rats which had been treated with either cobaltous… 
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