Public Health Care (Open to ALL)

Expanding Access to Public Health Education: MoHFW Courses Open to All Health Professionals and General Public

Public Health Training (Authorized Health Professional)

These online Public Health Training modules are designed specifically to train healthcare workers employed across different organizations within MoHFW.

Government Medical College, Nagpur

Degradation of Hemoglobin

Dr. Sarika Munghate

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4 Students

About the Course

Heme is released from hemoproteins. It is finally degraded to biliverdin and bilirubin. Bilirubin is transported in blood bound to albumin. Bilirubin is taken up by liver and it gets conjugated. It is secreted into intestine by (rate limiting step) active process. In intestine, it is converted into urobilinogen and stercobilinogen. An increase in bilirubin level leads to jaundice.