Apocholic acid explained

Apocholic acid is an unsaturated bile acid first characterized in the 1920s.^[1] It has questionable carcinogenic activity as experimentally, sarcomas were induced in mice with injection of deoxycholic acid. ^[2]

The salts and esters of apocholic acid are known as apocholates.

See also

• Apocholate citrate agar

External links

• 5-beta-Chol-8(14)-en-24-oic acid, 3-alpha,12-alpha-dihydroxy-, sodium salt at environmentalchemistry.com

Notes and References

1. Boedecker, F. . Volk, H. . Unsaturated bile acids. III. Relations of apocholic acid, dihydroxycholenic acid (m. 260) and cholic acid to desoxycholic acid . Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft B . 1922 . 55 . 2302–2309. 10.1002/cber.19220550810 .
2. Carcinogenic activity of apocholic acid . 190. 4780. 1007–8. Lacassagne . A . Nature . June 10, 1961 . 13831121. 10.1038/1901007a0. 1961Natur.190.1007L. 4175440 .