dehydrocholic acid


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dehydrocholic acid

[dē¦hī·drə¦käl·ik ′as·əd]
(organic chemistry)
C24H34O5 A white powder melting at 231-240°C, very slightly soluble in water; used as a pharmaceutical intermediate and in medicine.
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It can be obtained from poultry bile by extracting technology [12] or synthesizing from cholic acid, dehydrocholic acid, and so on.
Study on the Factors Influencing the Extraction of Chenodeoxycholic Acid from Duck Bile Paste by Calcium Salt Method
5[beta]-Cholanoic acid (Figure 1(a)), the basic molecule of cholic acid (Figure 1(b)) and derivatives, was synthesized from dehydrocholic acid (DHCA) by the Wolff-Kishner procedure [42].
The effect of hydroxyl moieties and their oxosubstitution on bile acid association studied in floating monolayers
The aim of this work was to examine the impact of temperature and UV irradiation on the formation and also properties of free radicals in two pharmaceutical important bile acids, such as dehydrocholic acid (DH) and ursodeoxycholic acid (UDC).
Effect of UV irradiation and temperature on free radical properties in dehydrocholic and ursodeoxycholic acids: an EPR study
The choleretic effects of ALE were similar to those of the reference compound dehydrocholic acid (DHCA).
Choleretic activity and biliary elimination of lipids and bile acids induced by an artichoke leaf extract in rats

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