Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid
"Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A bile salt formed in the liver from chenodeoxycholate and glycine, usually as the sodium salt. It acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. It is a cholagogue and choleretic.
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D005999
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D04.808.105.225.272.150.350 D04.808.105.225.272.411.360 D04.808.105.225.400.380.360 D04.808.221.430.342.300.400 D04.808.221.430.342.400.450 D04.808.221.430.484.430.420 D12.125.481.700.249.420.400
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