A brief review is given of the chemistry of bile acids, emphasizing the relationship between
chemical structure, physical properties and enterohepatic cycling of the major primary and …

Bile acids are important end products of cholesterol metabolism. While they have been
identified as key factors in lipid emulsification and absorption due to their detergent …

A review of the methods available for the separation of bile acids is presented, highlighting
the most recent developments. The major chromatographic techniques (TLC, GC, HPLC) …

Bile acids play a pivotal role in the metabolism of cholesterol and lipids. Their blood
concentrations are important prognostic and diagnostic indicators of hepatobiliary and …

Determination of quantitative changes in the pattern of serum bile acids is important for the
monitoring of diseases affecting bile acid metabolism. A sensitive and specific high …

Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) has become a common and much favoured separation
technique in laboratories in widely varied fields in recent years. Much of the credit for the …

Introduction: The shape and contour of the chin and neck play an important role in facial
esthetics. As such, excess fat within the submental area (double chin) can negatively affect …

The analysis of bile salts in biological samples has remained a difficult task, due to the
complex nature of the salts and also to their low concentration in common sample fluids …

Bile acids, the end products of cholesterol metabolism in the liver, are of vital importance in
the tissue distribution of cholesterol. Abnormalities in cholesterol biosynthesis or metabolism …

Techniques have been developed for the measurement of the complete steady-state kinetics
of both chenodeoxycholic (CDCA) and cholic (CA) acid and the pool size of deoxycholic …