biliverdin

Biliverdin hydrochloride is a tetrapyrrole water-soluble compound formed from the oxidation of heme, with potential antioxidant activity, involved in the biliverdin-bilirubin redox system.

Biliverdin, produced through the oxidation of bilirubin, can also be synthesized through a non-protoporphyrin pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum [1].

Biliverdin dimethyl ester is a reagent used in biochemical reactions.

Biliverdin dihydrochloride is a tetrapyrrolic pigment resulting from the degradation of heme. Heme is broken down by heme oxygenase into biliverdin, carbon monoxide, and iron. Subsequently, biliverdin is rapidly converted to bilirubin by biliverdin reductase. Biliverdin dihydrochloride exhibits antimutagenic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunosuppressive properties.

Mesobiliverdin is a biochemical reagent that can be used as a biomaterial for life science related research and as a sulfonylation reagent for organic synthesis and drug discovery.

Bilirubin oxidase (BOD), a multi-copper oxidase, catalyzes the transformation of bilirubin into biliverdin while reducing molecular oxygen to water. This enzyme plays a role in porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism and is extensively employed as an oxygen reduction catalyst in biochemical research [1].