bile acid

Any of the liver-generated steroid acids, such as cholic acid, that commonly occur in the bile in combination with glycine and taurine as sodium salts.

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bile′ ac`id

any of various steroid acids that emulsify fats during digestion. Compare bile salt.

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Noun

bile acid - any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile

steroid - any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects

cholic acid - an insoluble crystalline acid present in bile

Translations

Gallensäure

acido biliare

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Genetic defects in bile acid conjugation cause fat-soluble vitamin deficiency.

Tandem mass spectrometric determination of atypical 3[beta]-hydroxy-[[DELTA].sup.5]-bile acids in patients with 3[beta]-hydroxy-[[DELTA].sup.5]-[C.sub.27]-steroid oxidoreductase deficiency: application to diagnosis and monitoring of bile acid therapeutic response

The bile acid also was approved as adjunctive treatment of peroxisomal disorders including Zellweger spectrum disorders in patients who exhibit manifestations of liver disease, steatorrhea, or complications from decreased fat-soluble vitamin absorption.

FDA approves cholic acid for rare metabolic conditions

Hypocholesterolemia of Rhizoma Coptidis alkaloids is related to the bile acid by up-regulated CYP7A1 in hyperlipidemic rats.

The antihypercholesterolemic effect of jatrorrhizine isolated from Rhizoma Coptidis

Prior to this study, the functional impact of individual bacterial bile acid modifications on the host were not well understood, and this research provides insight into some of the physiological consequences that may arise from dysbiosis of the microbiota.

Mechanism for microbiota influence of cholesterol metabolism and weight

La Mesa, "Supra-molecular association and polymorphic behaviour in systems containing bile acid salts," Molecules, vol.

The effect of hydroxyl moieties and their oxosubstitution on bile acid association studied in floating monolayers

Clinical value of maternal bile Acid quantification in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy as an adverse perinatal outcome predictor.

Can we predict severity of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy using inflammatory markers?/Enflamatuvar belirtecleri kullanarak gebelik kolestazinin ciddiyeti ongorulebilir mi?

For example, the gut microbiome modifies primary bile acids to secondary bile acids (Ridlon et al.

Sex-specific effects of organophosphate diazinon on the gut microbiome and its metabolic functions

For example, although a citric acid solution can be ingested in patients without intestinal obstruction, the degree of acidity or alkalinity will be altered under the influence of digestive juices such as gastric acid, bile acid, and a mucus-rich, bicarbonate-containing, alkaline juice produced by Brunner's glands.

A Calcium Enterolith in a Patient with Crohn's Disease and Its In Vitro Dissolubility in Citric Acid

We aimed to assess bile acid profiles in patients with C.

Bile salts may be biomarker for recurrent C. difficile

Peculiarly, in spite of high aminotransferase (alanine aminotransferase [ALT] 174 U/L, aspartate aminotransferase [AST] 195 U/L) and bilirubin (total bilirubin [TBIL] 106.0 [micro]mol/L, direct bilirubin [DBIL] 78.30 [micro]mol/L) levels, the patient had normal a-glutamyltransferase (GGT, 24 U/L) and total bile acid (2.2 [micro]mol/L) concentrations, which led us to consider the possibility of BASD.

Novel Mutations in the 3[beta]-hydroxy-∆5-C27-steroid Dehydrogenase Gene (HSD3B7) in a Patient with Neonatal Cholestasis