Bile salts of the toad, Bufo marinus: characterization of a new unsaturated higher bile acid, 3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha,26-tetrahydroxy-5 beta-cholest-23-en-27-oic acid.

The bile salts present in gallbladder bile of the toad, Bufo marinus, were found to consist of a mixture of bile alcohol sulfates and unconjugated bile acids. The major bile alcohol was 5 beta-bufol; 5 alpha- and 5 beta-cholestane-3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha, 26-tetrols occurred as the minor bile alcoh...

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Main Authors: M Yoshii, M Une, K Kihira, T Kuramoto, T Akizawa, M Yoshioka, V P Butler, Jr., T Hoshita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1994-09-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520411629