Bile formation is a fundamental physiological process that is vital to the survival of all vertebrates. However, little was known about the mechanisms of this secretion until after World War II.

Treatment Approaches That Work cations called bile acid sequestrants. These remarkable medications work like microscopic sponges in your digestive system, binding to excess bil acids before they can …

Here, we provide a bottom-up approach on bile acids, mechanistically explaining their biochemistry, physiology, and pharmacology at canonical and non-canonical receptors.

Effi cient intestinal absorption and hepatic extraction of bile acids enables a very effective recycling mechanism that conserves and largely restricts bile acids to the intesti-nal and hepatobiliary …

Remel Bile Solubility Reagent, 2% and 10%, are recommended for use in qualitative procedures for presumptive identification and differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from other alpha …

Bile acids have important roles in the regulation of lipid, glucose and energy metabolism. Metabolic diseases linked to obesity, including type 2 diabetes mellitus and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, …

This review focuses on recent discoveries investigating microbial mechanisms of human bile acids and explores the chemical diversity that may exist in bile acid structures in light of the new discovery of …