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Role of pigment secreted from liver?

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Dear Student,

Pigment produced is Bilirubin, a brownish yellow pigment of bile.
Role: It gives to solid waste products (feces) their characteristic colour.
Production: It is produced in bone marrow cells and in the liver as the end product of red-blood-cell (hemoglobin) breakdown.

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