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A young infant may be feeding entirely on mother's milk which is white in colour but the stools which the infant passes out is quite yellowish. The yellow colour of stool is due to

A

Intestinal juice

B

Bile pigments passed through bile

C

Undigested milk protein casein

D

Pancreatic juice poured into duodenum

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The correct Answer is:
B
Bile juice contain bile pigments i.e. bilirubin and billiverdin that helps in emulsification of fat i.e. conversion of large globules of fat into small globules.
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