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

Preferred term

Taurolithocholic Acid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Lithocholyltaurine

Note

  • /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • A bile salt formed in the liver from lithocholic acid conjugation with taurine, usually as the sodium salt. It solubilizes fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. It is a cholagogue and choleretic.

History note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013658

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