Bio-chemists, this is for you !
2006-08-15 03:18:59 · 16 answers · asked by Wouter G 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
biliruben and biliverdin, 2 bile pigments from rbc breakdown and recycling (red plus green = brown) There are some other pigments too, but these are the primary one at the beginning of this process,
2006-08-15 04:46:57 · answer #1 · answered by gopigirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, let's resolve this question.
Forget everyhting about the color of your food mixed together, this is the worst explanation I've ever seen.
Your blood cells contain heme rings, large chemical structure that bind iron ions (Fe++) and through it, oxygen.
It is also the pigment that colors the blood cells with that red colour.
Once it is degraded in the spleen, however, it turns to brown You can see this with clotted blood drops.
It is evacuated in the feces and this is what colours sh1t with those lovely shades of brown.
2006-08-15 07:54:51 · answer #2 · answered by TonySti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The brown color of feces comes from bile, a greenish liquid made in your gall bladder that helps digest fats from the food you eat. This makes your poop look brown.
2006-08-15 11:00:57 · answer #3 · answered by null 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the way, it's not always brown, However, the brown you see comes from a bacteria called valkto-em, it's in the digestive system where the bacteria brakes down food to liquid which is absorbed by the body. Originally, it's grenish yellow, the brown that you see is Dead bacteria.
2006-08-15 03:33:58 · answer #4 · answered by Thumper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the color of old red blood cells removed from circulation by your spleen. More specifically, the iron in the hemoglobin found in red blood cells.
2006-08-15 04:02:34 · answer #5 · answered by Lab Rat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from bile which is secreted into the duodenum from the gall bladder to aid in the digestion of fats.
2006-08-15 06:29:08 · answer #6 · answered by Andrew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well your food has been digestied and when it goes through your digestive system it gets that funny color. If you eat alot of green food your poop or s hit may be dark green
2006-08-15 03:22:33 · answer #7 · answered by popstar452003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a biochemist, but I believe the color comes from the bilirubin. HTH.
2006-08-15 03:22:46 · answer #8 · answered by el 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about all the colours of food you eat...... then think about kids mixing up all the colours of paint they have...... both equal pooey brown! (My son once ate a lot of blue icing off his Gran's cake and well, lets just say it had the effect of adding lots of BLUE paint to the mix!!!!)
2006-08-15 03:24:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
food is digested by acids in our body's system...if the color of the fecal matter is green...that tells us you have an infection...if the color is dark...or chalky black...that tells us you are internally bleeding..brown or light color is normal
2006-08-15 03:23:50 · answer #10 · answered by celine8388 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋