Multiple choice

The yellow colour of urine is due to:

  1. urochrome

  2. bilirubin

  3. bilivirdin

  4. xanthophil
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Explanation

Urochrome (urobilin) is the yellow pigment responsible for urine color, produced as a breakdown product of hemoglobin. Bilirubin and biliverdin are bile pigments excreted in feces (giving stool its brown color), while xanthophil refers to yellow plant pigments.

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