bile
111bile acids — the organic acids in bile; mostly occurring as bile salts (sodium glycocholate and sodium taurocholate). They are cholic acid, deoxycholic acid, glycocholic acid, and taurocholic acid …
112bile pigments — coloured compounds – breakdown products of the blood pigment haemoglobin – that are excreted in bile. The two most important bile pigments are bilirubin, which is orange or yellow, and its oxidized form biliverdin, which is green. Mixed with the… …
113bile acid — noun Date: circa 1881 any of several steroid acids (as cholic acid) of or derived from bile …
114bile duct — noun Date: 1774 a duct by which bile passes from the liver or gallbladder to the duodenum …
115bile salt — noun Date: 1881 1. a salt of bile acid 2. plural a dry mixture of the principal salts of the gall of the ox used as a liver stimulant and as a laxative …
116Bile-acid 7alpha-dehydratase — In enzymology, a bile acid 7alpha dehydratase (EC number|4.2.1.106) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:7alpha,12alpha dihydroxy 3 oxochol 4 enoate ightleftharpoons 12alpha hydroxy 3 oxochola 4,6 dienoate + H2OHence, this enzyme has …
117Bile-acid-CoA hydrolase — In enzymology, a bile acid CoA hydrolase (EC number|3.1.2.26) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:deoxycholoyl CoA + H2O ightleftharpoons CoA + deoxycholateThus, the two substrates of this enzyme are deoxycholoyl CoA and H2O,… …
118Bílé stráné — Als Naturdenkmal Bílé stráně (deutsch etwa: Weiße Leiten) wurde ein durch Plänerkalkfelsen geprägtes Biotop an den Abhängen des Bergrückens Bílá stráň (Weiße Leite) nahe Litoměřice im rechtselbischen Böhmischen Mittelgebirge unter Naturschutz… …
119Bílé stráně — Als Naturdenkmal Bílé stráně (deutsch etwa: Weiße Leiten) wurde ein durch Plänerkalkfelsen geprägtes Biotop an den Abhängen des Bergrückens Bílá stráň (Weiße Leite) nahe Litoměřice im rechtselbischen Böhmischen Mittelgebirge unter Naturschutz… …
120bile salt — Physiol. a product of a bile acid and a base, functioning as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids for absorption in the duodenum. [1880 85] * * * …
