THE enterohepatic circulation of bile pigment has been the subject of protracted debate. Recirculation of bilirubin, and its bacterial reduction products, the urobilinoids, has been postulated and ...

Intestinal transit time has an impact on enterohepatic circulation of bilirubin (2). The longer the feces wait in intestinal lumen, the higher the UCB is absorbed by enterocytes. Thus, a reduction ...

Unconjugated bilirubin can be reabsorbed by the intestinal mucosa back into the circulation, a process referred to as enterohepatic circulation. Lack of intestinal bacteria also places the infant ...