Effect of β-muricholic acid on the prevention and dissolution of cholesterol gallstones in C57L/J mice1

This study investigated whether β-muricholic acid, a natural trihydroxy hydrophilic bile acid of rodents, acts as a biliary cholesterol-desaturating agent to prevent cholesterol gallstones and if it facilitates the dissolution of gallstones compared with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA). For gallstone pr...

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Main Authors: David Q-H. Wang, Susumu Tazuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2002-11-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520327711