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... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Acyclic > Alkanes > Alkanesulfonic Acids > Taurine > Taurocholic Acid > Taurodeoxycholic Acid
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Sulfur Acids > Sulfonic Acids > Alkanesulfonic Acids > Taurine > Taurocholic Acid > Taurodeoxycholic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Sulfur Acids > Sulfonic Acids > Alkanesulfonic Acids > Taurine > Taurocholic Acid > Taurodeoxycholic Acid
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Acids > Acids, Noncarboxylic > Sulfur Acids > Sulfonic Acids > Alkanesulfonic Acids > Taurine > Taurocholic Acid > Taurodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholanes > Cholic Acids > Taurocholic Acid > Taurodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Bile Acids and Salts > Cholic Acids > Taurocholic Acid > Taurodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholanes > Cholic Acids > Deoxycholic Acid > Taurodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Bile Acids and Salts > Cholic Acids > Deoxycholic Acid > Taurodeoxycholic Acid

Preferred term

Taurodeoxycholic Acid  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Deoxycholyltaurine

Note

  • a bile acid; /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • A bile salt formed in the liver by conjugation of deoxycholate with taurine, usually as the sodium salt. It is used as a cholagogue and choleretic, also industrially as a fat emulsifier.

History note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013657

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