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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Bile Acids and Salts > Cholic Acids > Taurocholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholanes > Cholic Acids > Taurocholic Acid
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Sulfur Acids > Sulfonic Acids > Alkanesulfonic Acids > Taurine > Taurocholic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Sulfur Acids > Sulfonic Acids > Alkanesulfonic Acids > Taurine > Taurocholic Acid
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Acids > Acids, Noncarboxylic > Sulfur Acids > Sulfonic Acids > Alkanesulfonic Acids > Taurine > Taurocholic Acid
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Acyclic > Alkanes > Alkanesulfonic Acids > Taurine > Taurocholic Acid

Preferred term

Taurocholic Acid  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The product of conjugation of cholic acid with taurine. Its sodium salt is the chief ingredient of the bile of carnivorous animals. It acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. It is used as a cholagogue and cholerectic.

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • 120600-27-3 (mono-Li salt)
  • 145-42-6 (mono-Na salt)
  • 59005-70-8 ((5 alpha)-isomer)
  • 5E090O0G3Z
  • 81-24-3 (Taurocholic Acid)
  • 86386-60-9 ((7 beta)-isomer)
  • Cholyltaurine
  • Ethanesulfonic acid, 2-(((3alpha,5beta,7alpha,12alpha)-3,7,12-trihydroxy-24-oxocholan-24-yl)amino)-
  • M6N3TH81NO

Allowable Qualifier(s)

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Acide taurocholique

    French

  • 120600-27-3 (mono-Li salt)
  • 145-42-6 (mono-Na salt)
  • 59005-70-8 ((5 alpha)-isomer)
  • 5E090O0G3Z
  • 81-24-3 (Taurocholic Acid)
  • 86386-60-9 ((7 beta)-isomer)
  • Ethanesulfonic acid, 2-(((3alpha,5beta,7alpha,12alpha)-3,7,12-trihydroxy-24-oxocholan-24-yl)amino)-
  • M6N3TH81NO

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BCJZBP27-Q

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