Dehydrocholic acid
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Dehydrocholic acid is a synthetic bile acid
, manufactured by the oxidation
of cholic acid
. It acts as a hydrocholeretic
, increasing bile output to clear increased bile acid load.
Bile acid
Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals. Bile salts are bile acids compounded with a cation, usually sodium. In humans, the salts of taurocholic acid and glycocholic acid represent approximately eighty percent of all bile salts. The two major bile acids are cholic...
, manufactured by the oxidation
Redox
Redox reactions describe all chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation state changed....
of cholic acid
Cholic acid
Cholic acid is a bile acid, a white crystalline substance insoluble in water , with a melting point of 200-201 °C. Salts of cholic acid are called cholates. Cholic acid, along with chenodeoxycholic acid, is one of two major bile acids produced by the liver where it is synthesized from cholesterol...
. It acts as a hydrocholeretic
Hydrocholeretic
Hydrocholeretics are substances that increase the volume of secretion of bile from the liver without increasing the amount of solids secreted....
, increasing bile output to clear increased bile acid load.