"Deoxycholic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A bile acid formed by bacterial action from cholate. It is usually conjugated with glycine or taurine. Deoxycholic acid acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for intestinal absorption, is reabsorbed itself, and is used as a choleretic and detergent.
| Descriptor ID |
D003840
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.105.225.272 D04.210.500.221.430.342
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| Concept/Terms |
Deoxycholic Acid- Deoxycholic Acid
- Acid, Deoxycholic
- Desoxycholic Acid
- Acid, Desoxycholic
- Dihydroxycholanoic Acid
- Acid, Dihydroxycholanoic
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Deoxycholic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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Purification and characterization of a catalytically active human liver UDP-glucuronosyltransferase expressed as a fusion protein in E. coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1993 Oct 15; 196(1):473-9.
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A novel UDP-Glc-specific glucosyltransferase catalyzing the biosynthesis of 6-O-glucosides of bile acids in human liver microsomes. J Biol Chem. 1993 Jul 15; 268(20):15127-35.
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Effects of detergents on Ca(2+)-activated neural proteinase activity (calpain) in neural and non-neural tissue: a comparative study. Neurochem Res. 1992 Aug; 17(8):797-802.
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Effects of detergent solubilization on the hyaluronate-binding protein from membranes of simian virus 40-transformed 3T3 cells. J Biol Chem. 1983 Jul 10; 258(13):8086-91.