Lithocholic Acid
"Lithocholic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A bile acid formed from chenodeoxycholate by bacterial action, usually conjugated with glycine or taurine. It acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. It is used as cholagogue and choleretic.
| Descriptor ID |
D008095
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.105.225.480 D04.210.500.221.430.622
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| Concept/Terms |
Lithocholic Acid- Lithocholic Acid
- Acid, Lithocholic
- Isolithocholic Acid
- Acid, Isolithocholic
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Farrell MK, Balistreri WF, Suchy FJ. Serum-sulfated lithocholate as an indicator of cholestasis during parenteral nutrition in infants and children. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1982 Jan-Feb; 6(1):30-3.
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Balistreri WF, Suchy FJ, Farrell MK, Heubi JE. Pathologic versus physiologic cholestasis: elevated serum concentration of a secondary bile acid in the presence of hepatobiliary disease. J Pediatr. 1981 Mar; 98(3):399-402.