bile acid
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- noun
- /baɪl ˈæsɪd/
- Specialized
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ácido biliar
- The liver produces bile acids to help digest dietary fats effectively.
- secondary bile acids
- bile acid production
- Bile-acid binders
But cholesterol is actually used to create bile acids, which is how we digest and assimilate fats through the digestive tract.
- But cholesterol is actually used to create bile acids, which is how we digest and assimilate fats through the digestive tract.
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Cholesterol is a necessary precursor of bile acids, steroid hormones, and of course, Vitamin D.
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But cholesterol is actually used to create bile acids, which is how we digest and assimilate fats through the digestive tract.
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So you secrete bile acids into your digestive tract.
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The white bile contains minerals, bile acids, and bile salts.
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Cholesterol can be metabolized to form molecules that have four rings, just like cholesterol, that are called bile acids, OK?
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Such bacteria might convert bile acids or bile constituents into carcinogens; a mechanism that has also been proposed in patients after partial gastrectomy.
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Consequently, there is an increase in hepatic conversion of cholesterol to bile acids, which, in turn, lowers circulating LDL.
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But cholesterol is actually used to create bile acids, which is how we digest and assimilate fats through the digestive tract.
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Ezetimibe, fibrates, nicotinic acid, and bile acid sequestrants may also be considered in secondary prevention or in cases of statin intolerance.
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The bile acids RTK inhibitors potentiate apoptosis in regular hepatocytes; the clients with abnormal bile t Lebertoxizit.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is directly compositional: 'bile' (the digestive fluid from the liver) combined with 'acid' (an acidic substance) yields an acid that occurs in bile. Although it is a technical biomedical term, its meaning — an acid present in bile that aids digestion — is transparently derivable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Bile acid literally names its parts: bile is the bitter fluid the liver makes and acid shows these are acidic chemicals. These acids act like soap to break up fat and 'help digest' and absorb it, so the name now means the liver-made acids that help digestion.