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bile acid

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Any member of a group of hydroxy-5beta-cholanic acids occuring in bile, where they are present as the sodium salts of their amides with glycine or taurine. In mammals bile acids almost invariably have 5beta-configuration.

Term info

Label

bile acid

Synonyms
  • Bile acid
database cross reference
Subsets

3_STAR

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

has related synonym

bile acids, Bile salt, 5beta-bile acids, Gallensaeure, 5beta-bile acid, Gallensaeuren

id

CHEBI:3098

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