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Taurodeoxycholic Acid

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Definition: A bile salt formed in the liver by conjugation of deoxycholate with taurine, usually as the sodium salt. It is used as a cholagogue and choleretic, also industrially as a fat emulsifier.  a bile acid; /biosyn /physiol permitted   
Pharmacological Action Cholagogues and Choleretics; Detergents
Examples Taurochenodeoxycholic Acid 		Other names Taurodeoxycholate; Taurine Deoxycholate; Deoxycholyltaurine; Taurodeoxycholate, Sodium; Deoxycholate, Taurine; Acid, Taurodeoxycholic; Sodium Taurodeoxycholate
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
taurohyodeoxycholic acid  2958-04-5   Taurodeoxycholic Acid/*analogs & derivatives. Arzneimittelforschung 1993 Aug;43(8):877-80
tauro-7,12-dihydroxycholanic acid  5571-91-5   *Taurodeoxycholic Acid Isomerism. J Lipid Res 1983;24(10):1376

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