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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholanes > Cholic Acids > Deoxycholic Acid > Ursodeoxycholic Acid
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Preferred term

Ursodeoxycholic Acid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 3 alpha,7 beta Dihydroxy 5 beta cholan 24 oic Acid
  • 3 alpha,7 beta-Dihydroxy-5 beta-cholan-24-oic Acid
  • Acid, Deoxyursocholic
  • Acid, Ursacholic
  • Deoxyursocholic Acid
  • Ursacholic Acid
  • Ursodiol

Note

  • /biosyn /defic /physiol permitted; urso- refers to its first isol from URSIDAE (Latin ursus)

Scope note

  • An epimer of chenodeoxycholic acid. It is a mammalian bile acid found first in the bear and is apparently either a precursor or a product of chenodeoxycholate. Its administration changes the composition of bile and may dissolve gallstones. It is used as a cholagogue and choleretic.

History note

  • 91(80); was see under DEOXYCHOLIC ACID 1980-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014580

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