Glycochenodeoxycholic acid explained

Glycochenodeoxycholic acid is a bile salt formed in the liver from chenodeoxycholic acid and glycine, usually found as the sodium salt.[1] [2] It acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption.

Notes and References

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  2. DrugBank: a knowledgebase for drugs, drug actions and drug targets . Nucleic Acids Research. David S. Wishart . Wishart DS . Knox C . Guo AC . Cheng D . Shrivastava S . Tzur D . Gautam B . Hassanali M . Nucleic Acids Res -->. 2008 . 36 . Database issue . D901–6 . 18048412 . 10.1093/nar/gkm958 . 2238889.

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