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... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Bile Acids and Salts > Cholic Acids > Deoxycholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholanes > Cholic Acids > Deoxycholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Bile Acids and Salts > Cholic Acids > Glycocholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Fused-Ring Compounds > Steroids > Cholanes > Cholic Acids > Glycocholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptoids > N-substituted Glycines > Glycocholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Glycine > N-substituted Glycines > Glycocholic Acid > Glycodeoxycholic Acid

Preferred term

Glycodeoxycholic Acid  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A bile salt formed in the liver by conjugation of deoxycholate with glycine, usually as the sodium salt. It acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. It is used as a cholagogue and choleretic.

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Entry terms

  • 360-65-6
  • Deoxycholylglycine
  • Glycine, N-((3alpha,5beta,12alpha)-3,12-dihydroxy-24-oxocholan-24-yl)-

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