bile acid

collocation in English

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bile
noun[U]
uk
/baɪl/us
/baɪl/
the bitter, yellow liquid produced by the liver that helps to ...
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acid
adjective
uk
/ˈæs.ɪd/us
/ˈæs.ɪd/
containing acid, or having similar qualities to ...
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(Definition ofbileandacidfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In these patients, the enterohepatic circulation, which reabsorbs about 90% of bile acids, is also deranged and thebileacidpool is severely depleted.
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The changes inbileacidconcentrations in normal pregnancies have not been widely reported.
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Equivalent quantities of bile acids lost in the faeces are synthesised from cholesterol in the liver to maintain a constantbileacidpool.
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Lithocholic acid is the most hydrophobic and cytotoxicbileacidand not reabsorbed in large amounts.
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Influence of diet or intrarectalbileacidinjections on colon epithelial cell proliferation in rats previously injected with 1,2-dimethylhydeazine.
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Measurement ofbileacidfractions is not widely available and measurement of total bile acids are usually performed.
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Fetalbileacidlevels in pregnancies complicated by maternal intrahepatic cholestasis.
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This nuclear medicine test involves two scans a week apart and so measures multiple cycles ofbileacidexcretion and reabsorption.
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Fecalbileacidquantification is unpleasant for both the patient and laboratory.
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Deoxycholates andbileacidderivatives in general are actively being studied as structures for incorporation in nanotechnology.
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These lipases, unlike alkaline lipases (such as pancreatic lipase), do not requirebileacidor colipase for optimal enzymatic activity.
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The body produces about 800 mg of cholesterol per day and about half of that is used forbileacidsynthesis producing 400600 mg daily.
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Bileacidsequestrants bind bile acids in the gut, preventing reabsorption.
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There are multiple steps inbileacidsynthesis requiring 14 enzymes in all.
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He was instrumental in the development and evaluation of the use ofbileacidtherapy to dissolve cholesterol gallstones, first using chenodeoxycholic acid.
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A possible explanation is that caffeine interferes with bile secretion, reducingbileacid, and thus leaving neutral sterol concentration in the bowel.
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They participate in 3 metabolic pathways:bileacidbiosynthesis, androgen and estrogen metabolism, and prostate cancer.
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This enzyme participates inbileacidbiosynthesis and ppar signaling pathway.
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Different vertebrate families have evolved to use modifications of most positions on the steroid nucleus and side-chain of thebileacidstructure.
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