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Descriptor English: Taurocholic Acid
Descriptor Spanish: Ácido Taurocólico
Descriptor ácido taurocólico
Entry term(s) colato de taurina
coliltaurina
taurocolato
Scope note: El producto de la conjugación del ácido cólico con la taurina. Su sal de sodio es el ingrediente principal de la bilis de los animales carnívoros. Actúa como detergente para solubilizar las grasas para su absorción y él mismo es absorbido. Se utiliza como colagogo y colerético.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ácido Taurocólico
Descriptor French: Acide taurocholique
Entry term(s): Cholyltaurine
Sodium Taurocholate
Taurine Cholate
Taurocholate
Taurocholate Sodium
Taurocholate, Sodium
Taurocholic Acid, (5 alpha)-Isomer
Taurocholic Acid, (7 beta)-Isomer
Taurocholic Acid, Monolithium Salt
Taurocholic Acid, Monosodium Salt
Tree number(s): D02.455.326.146.100.850.875
D02.886.645.600.055.850.800
D04.210.500.105.225.900
D04.210.500.221.430.873
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013656
Scope note: The product of conjugation of cholic acid with taurine. Its sodium salt is the chief ingredient of the bile of carnivorous animals. It acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. It is used as a cholagogue and cholerectic.
Annotation: /biosyn /physiol permitted
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Cholagogues and Choleretics
Detergents
Registry Number: 5E090O0G3Z
CAS Type 1 Name: Ethanesulfonic acid, 2-(((3alpha,5beta,7alpha,12alpha)-3,7,12-trihydroxy-24-oxocholan-24-yl)amino)-
Previous Indexing: Bile Acids and Salts (1966-1972)
Taurine (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(73)
DeCS ID: 14035
Unique ID: D013656
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Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/01
Taurocholic Acid - Preferred
Concept UI M0021069
Scope note The product of conjugation of cholic acid with taurine. Its sodium salt is the chief ingredient of the bile of carnivorous animals. It acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. It is used as a cholagogue and cholerectic.
Preferred term Taurocholic Acid
Entry term(s) Cholyltaurine
Taurocholic Acid, Monosodium Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329635
Preferred term Taurocholic Acid, Monosodium Salt
Entry term(s) Sodium Taurocholate
Taurocholate Sodium
Taurocholate, Sodium
Taurocholic Acid, (7 beta)-Isomer - Narrower
Concept UI M0329637
Preferred term Taurocholic Acid, (7 beta)-Isomer
Taurocholic Acid, Monolithium Salt - Narrower
Concept UI M0329634
Preferred term Taurocholic Acid, Monolithium Salt
Taurocholate - Narrower
Concept UI M0372891
Preferred term Taurocholate
Entry term(s) Taurine Cholate
Taurocholic Acid, (5 alpha)-Isomer - Narrower
Concept UI M0329636
Preferred term Taurocholic Acid, (5 alpha)-Isomer



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