- bile acid
- noun Date: circa 1881 any of several steroid acids (as cholic acid) of or derived from bile
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bile acid
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Bile acid — Bile acids (also known as bile salts) are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals. In humans taurocholic acid, and glycocholic acid (derivatives of cholic acid) represent approximately eighty percent of all bile acids. The two… … Wikipedia
bile acid — n any of several steroid acids (as cholic acid) that occur in bile usu. in the form of sodium salts conjugated with glycine or taurine * * * see under B … Medical dictionary
bile acid — noun any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile • Hypernyms: ↑steroid • Hyponyms: ↑cholic acid * * * noun : any of several acids (as cholic acid) that occur in bile usually in the form of sodium salts of the acids… … Useful english dictionary
Bile acid resin — Bile acid resins are substances that bind in the intestines with bile acids that contain cholesterol and are then eliminated in the stool. The major effect of bile acid resins is to lower LDL cholesterol by about 10 to 20 percent. Small doses of… … Medical dictionary
bile acid therapy — bile acid replacement therapy administration of bile acids for treatment of hyperliposis … Medical dictionary
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Bile acid sequestrant — The bile acid sequestrants are a group of medications used for binding certain components of bile in the gastrointestinal tract. They disrupt the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids by sequestering them and preventing their reabsorption from… … Wikipedia
bile acid breath test — (for overgrowth of bacteria in the intestine) a breath test in which the patient is given a dose of a conjugated bile acid labeled with carbon 14 and the amount of radioactively labeled carbon dioxide in the breath is measured at hourly intervals … Medical dictionary
Bile-acid 7alpha-dehydratase — In enzymology, a bile acid 7alpha dehydratase (EC number|4.2.1.106) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:7alpha,12alpha dihydroxy 3 oxochol 4 enoate ightleftharpoons 12alpha hydroxy 3 oxochola 4,6 dienoate + H2OHence, this enzyme has … Wikipedia
Bile-acid-CoA hydrolase — In enzymology, a bile acid CoA hydrolase (EC number|3.1.2.26) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:deoxycholoyl CoA + H2O ightleftharpoons CoA + deoxycholateThus, the two substrates of this enzyme are deoxycholoyl CoA and H2O,… … Wikipedia
bile acid — noun any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsificatio … Wiktionary
