Azobilirubin

Azobilirubin

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{{Short description|Purple diazo compound derived from bilirubin}}
{{Short description|Purple diazo compound derived from bilirubin}}
[[File:Azobilirubin-2D-Structure.svg|thumb|Azobilirubin 2D Structure]]
'''Azobilirubin''' is a coloured compound formed by the condensation of diazotized [[sulfanilic acid]] with [[bilirubin]] in the [[van den Bergh reaction]].{{cite web | url = http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?azobilirubin | title = Azobilirubin definition | work = Mondofacto Ltd | access-date = 2012-04-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070616/http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?azobilirubin | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | url-status = dead }} The quantity of bilirubin in patients with [[jaundice]] can be determined by the formation of azobilirubin in the presence of [[methanol]].{{cite journal | vauthors = Gray CH, Whidborne J | title = Studies of the Van den Bergh reaction | journal = The Biochemical Journal | volume = 40 | issue = 1 | pages = 81–8 | date = 6 October 1945 | pmid = 16747977 | pmc = 1258298 | doi = 10.1042/bj0400081 }}
'''Azobilirubin''' is a coloured compound formed by the condensation of diazotized [[sulfanilic acid]] with [[bilirubin]] in the [[van den Bergh reaction]].{{cite web | url = http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?azobilirubin | title = Azobilirubin definition | work = Mondofacto Ltd | access-date = 2012-04-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070616/http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?azobilirubin | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | url-status = dead }} The quantity of bilirubin in patients with [[jaundice]] can be determined by the formation of azobilirubin in the presence of [[methanol]].{{cite journal | vauthors = Gray CH, Whidborne J | title = Studies of the Van den Bergh reaction | journal = The Biochemical Journal | volume = 40 | issue = 1 | pages = 81–8 | date = 6 October 1945 | pmid = 16747977 | pmc = 1258298 | doi = 10.1042/bj0400081 }}