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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholanes > Cholic Acids > Deoxycholic Acid > Chenodeoxycholic Acid > Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Bile Acids and Salts > Cholic Acids > Deoxycholic Acid > Chenodeoxycholic Acid > Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholanes > Cholic Acids > Deoxycholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid > Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Bile Acids and Salts > Cholic Acids > Deoxycholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid > Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholanes > Cholic Acids > Glycocholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid > Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Bile Acids and Salts > Cholic Acids > Glycocholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid > Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptoids > N-substituted Glycines > Glycocholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid > Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Glycine > N-substituted Glycines > Glycocholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid > Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid

Preferred term

Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Chenodeoxycholylglycine

Note

  • a bile acid; /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • A bile salt formed in the liver from chenodeoxycholate and glycine, usually as the sodium salt. It acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. It is a cholagogue and choleretic.

History note

  • 91(78); was see under CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID 1978-90

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