Definitions for bile acid
bile acid

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1. bile acidnoun

   any of the steroid acids generated in the liver and stored with bile

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1. bile acidnoun

   any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsification and absorption of fats

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1. Bile acid

   Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals and other vertebrates. Diverse bile acids are synthesized in the liver. Bile acids are conjugated with taurine or glycine residues to give anions called bile salts.Primary bile acids are those synthesized by the liver. Secondary bile acids result from bacterial actions in the colon. In humans, taurocholic acid and glycocholic acid (derivatives of cholic acid) and taurochenodeoxycholic acid and glycochenodeoxycholic acid (derivatives of chenodeoxycholic acid) are the major bile salts. They are roughly equal in concentration. The salts of their 7-alpha-dehydroxylated derivatives, deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid, are also found, with derivatives of cholic, chenodeoxycholic and deoxycholic acids accounting for over 90% of human biliary bile acids.Bile acids comprise about 80% of the organic compounds in bile (others are phospholipids and cholesterol). An increased secretion of bile acids produces an increase in bile flow. Bile acids facilitate digestion of dietary fats and oils. They serve as micelle-forming surfactants, which encapsulate nutrients, facilitating their absorption. These micelles are suspended in the chyme before further processing. Bile acids also have hormonal actions throughout the body, particularly through the farnesoid X receptor and GPBAR1 (also known as TGR5).

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1. bile acid

   Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals, which are produced in the liver and help in the digestion and absorption of dietary fats in the small intestine. They also play a crucial role in the elimination of cholesterol from the body. The primary bile acids, cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid, are synthesized from cholesterol, and secondary bile acids are produced by bacterial actions in the colon.

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1. Bile acid

   Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals. Bile salts are bile acids compounded with a cation, usually sodium. In humans, the salts of taurocholic acid and glycocholic acid represent approximately eighty percent of all bile salts. Bile acids, glycine and taurine conjugates, and 7-alpha-dehydroxylated derivatives are all found in human intestinal bile. An increase in bile flow is exhibited with an increased secretion of bile acids. The main function of bile acid is to facilitate the formation of micelles, which promotes processing of dietary fat.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bile acid in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bile acid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bile acid
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bile_Acid
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bile_Acid
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bile acid