 Deoxycholic Acid
"Deoxycholic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A bile acid formed by bacterial action from cholate. It is usually conjugated with glycine or taurine. Deoxycholic acid acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for intestinal absorption, is reabsorbed itself, and is used as a choleretic and detergent.
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D003840
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.808.105.225.272 D04.808.221.430.342
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| Concept/Terms |
Deoxycholic Acid- Deoxycholic Acid
- Acid, Deoxycholic
- Dihydroxycholanoic Acid
- Acid, Dihydroxycholanoic
- Desoxycholic Acid
- Acid, Desoxycholic
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Deoxycholic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Zhang Y, Csanaky IL, Lehman-McKeeman LD, Klaassen CD. Loss of organic anion transporting polypeptide 1a1 increases deoxycholic acid absorption in mice by increasing intestinal permeability. Toxicol Sci. 2011 Dec; 124(2):251-60.
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Pahud BA, Greenhow TL, Piecuch B, Weintrub PS. Preterm neonates with candidal brain microabscesses: a case series. J Perinatol. 2009 Apr; 29(4):323-6.
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Kouretas PC, Hannan RL, Kapur NK, Hendrickson R, Redmond EM, Myers AK, Kim YD, Cahill PA, Sitzmann JV. Non-anticoagulant heparin increases endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity: role of inhibitory guanine nucleotide proteins. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1998 Dec; 30(12):2669-82.
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