Does it mean that their iron part is retained in the liver while the rest part is excreted as bilirubin?
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The cells of RBC gets destroyed after every cycle of 120 days in the liver. During this process it is broken down into Fe3+ and biliverdin. Later on, this biliverdin is converted to bilirubin and excreted out of the cells. While the iron cells gets recycled in liver.
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The cells of RBC gets destroyed after every cycle of 120 days in the liver. During this process it is broken down into Fe3+ and biliverdin. Later on, this biliverdin is converted to bilirubin and excreted out of the cells. While the iron cells gets recycled in liver.
Hope this information will clear your doubts about topic.
If you have any more doubts just ask here on the forum and our experts will try to help you out as soon as possible.
Regards.