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what gives our stool its brown color?
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The brown color of stool is mainly due to stercobilin. Stercobilin is a breakdown product of bilirubin. Bilirubin is produced from the breakdown of hemoglobin in red - blood cells in the liver. It is excreted into the intestines as bile, and bacteria in the intestines convert it into stercobilin, which gives stool its brown color.
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Stercobilin