Talk:Bile
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"Yellow and black bile were two of the four vital fluids [...]" -- Ok, the article states that bile is yellowish-green. So, what is black bile? Simon A. 18:14, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- That is explained in the rest of the sentence you marked with [...]. See the four humours. It's not an actual liquid produced by the body, but fluids thought to exist around 400 BC. - Jugalator 11:15, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC)
Note: I havn't made this change myself, as I'm not keen on getting the wording right and all.
The final paragraph on this article calls "yellow bile" Ichor. Ichor's page speaks of a mythical mineral in the blood of Gods, or something similiar. This sentence makes it sound more like it's real though.
The wikipedia article on Bilirubin mentions that a component of Bile, Bilirubin, is yellow in colour. Is this what the writer meant by it?
Bilirubin is a yellow breakdown product of haem (heme in American English). Haem is a special ring shaped molecule that is found in haemoglobin. The haem ring holds the iron atoms of haem and is essential to the oxygen carrying capacity of blood. 24.76.141.132 22:14, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- No, Ichor refers to the four humors view of "bile". It has no relationship with the bile we know, which is actually green more than yellow. JFW | T@lk 23:02, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Some sort of clear seperation between the section on the humours view on bile and the other part might be useful. 24.76.141.132 (Offtopic: look at me, my IP remains static! Frightening from a normal consumer ISP.)
- Thanks for the addition. --24.76.141.132 02:30, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
