I always thought of bilirubin as a cause of jaundice in hepatitis and in newborn babies, a byproduct of heme breakdown that better be detoxified and excreted.
Great post. «The dose is the poison.» Like uric acid, another antioxidant with a bad rep, bilirubin may be a toxic at a certain dosage; but discovering a metabolic agent's functioning, corresponding "normal" inter•/intra•cellular levels in health & illness, & then response curves ("J" or "U", etc.) is far from "settled science."
Great post. «The dose is the poison.» Like uric acid, another antioxidant with a bad rep, bilirubin may be a toxic at a certain dosage; but discovering a metabolic agent's functioning, corresponding "normal" inter•/intra•cellular levels in health & illness, & then response curves ("J" or "U", etc.) is far from "settled science."
I will look into uric acid.