Urobilinogen excretion in normal adults; results of assays with notes on methodology.

The fecal excretion of urobilinogen of normal and lead poisoned guinea pigs.

Sodium Status and Its Association with Overweight and Obesity in Adults Living in Yazd, Iran

Background: Studies on the relationship of urinary sodium with overweight and obesity led to controversial results. Furthermore, no study has ever investigated the association between sodium status and obesity in Iranian adults. The present study examined the association of urinary sodium levels with overweight and obesity in adults living in Yazd, Iran. Methods: The present study recruited 240...

The effect of human plasma transfusion on the fecal urobilinogen excretion on sickle cell anemia.

I. y EUGENE KAPLAN,* M.D. , AND S. ROBERT LEWIS, M.D. I N 1938, Josephsla.b reported a phenomenon occurring in children with hemolytic anemia: fecal urobilinogen excretion was observed to decrease following either blood transfusions, plasma injections or injections of concentrates of human or pig plasma. These decreases were of variable degree, occurred within a week of treatment, and lasted up...

The Formation of Bilirubin from Hemoglobin

About 80 to 85 per cent of the fecal bile pigmients are believed to be derived from the hemoglobin of senescent erythrocytes that are destroyed in the reticuloendothelial system (1). It is not known, however, whether the hemoglobin of sequestered red cells is converted quantitatively to bilirubin and eventually to urobilinogen, or is in part metabolized to other products (2, 3). Earlier studies...

Effect of diet on faecal and urine urobilinogen excretion and its possible relationship to the pathogenesis of peptic ulceration.