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Azobilirubin

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Azobilirubin is a red-violet coloured compound formed by the condensation of diazotized sulfanilic acid with bilirubin in the van den Bergh reaction.[1] The quantity of bilirubin in patients with jaundice can be determined by the formation of azobilirubin in the presence of methanol.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?azobilirubin Azobilirubin definition
  2. ^ Gray, C. H.; Whidborne, Joanna (6 October 1945). "Studies of the Van den Bergh Reaction" (PDF). Journal of Biochemistry. 40: 81–8. doi:10.1042/bj0400081. PMC 1258298. PMID 16747977.
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