Direct bilirubin

Direct bilirubin is also known as bound bilirubin. Unbound bilirubin is transformed in hepatocytes, combined with glucuronic acid to form bound bilirubin, and bound bilirubin showed a direct response by Van Dember qualitative test, so this bilirubin is called direct bilirubin . The determination of direct bilirubin is mainly used to identify the type of jaundice. Combined with the increase of bilirubin, it indicates that the excretion of bilirubin from the biliary tract is impaired after hepatocyte treatment and treatment.

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