lithocholic acid

lithocholic acid
One of the acids isolated from human bile as well as from that of cows, rabbits, sheep, and goats.

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lith·o·cho·lic acid .lith-ə-.kō-lik- n a crystalline bile acid C24H40O3 found esp. in humans and the ox

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litho·cho·lic ac·id (lith″o-koґlik) a secondary bile acid formed by dehydroxylation of chenodeoxycholic acid in the intestine; some is reabsorbed and forms conjugates with glycine and taurine.

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