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Chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA; also
known as
chenodesoxycholic acid,
chenocholic acid and 3α,7α-dihydroxy-5β-cholan-24-oic acid) is a bile acid.
Salts of...
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taurochenodeoxycholic acid and
glycochenodeoxycholic acid (derivatives of
chenodeoxycholic acid) are the
major bile salts. They are
roughly equal in concentration...
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Salts of
cholic acid are
called cholates.
Cholic acid,
along with
chenodeoxycholic acid, is one of the two
major bile
acids produced by the liver, where...
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which is less
frequent than with
chenodeoxycholic acid therapy.
Bacterial conversion of UDCA to
chenodeoxycholic acid may be the
mechanism for this...
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acids secreted by the
liver are
cholic acid and
chenodeoxycholic acid.
Bacteria metabolize chenodeoxycholic acid into the
secondary bile acid lithocholic...
- semi-synthetic bile acid
analogue which has the
chemical structure 6α-ethyl-
chenodeoxycholic acid. It is used as a
medication used to
treat primary biliary cholangitis...
- the
concentration of
certain naturally occurring bile acids, such as
chenodeoxycholic acid and
ursodeoxycholic acid. On an
empty stomach –
after repeated...
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cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). The
medications ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) and
chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) have been used in
treatment to
dissolve gallstones. A 2013...
- CYP27A1 gene,
responsible for bile acid production, is mutated,
reducing chenodeoxycholic acid and
cholic acid,
leading to
increased synthesis of 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one...
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chain modifications; for example, the last
steps in the
synthesis of
chenodeoxycholic acid and
cholic acid
involve beta-oxidation of the
branched side chains...
