Medical Definition of Glycochenodeoxycholic acid

1. N-(3 alpha,7 alpha-dihydroxy-5 beta-cholan-24-oyl)glycine. A bile salt formed in the liver from chenodeoxycholate and glycine, usually as the sodium salt. It acts as a detergent to solubilise fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. It is a cholagogue and choleretic. Pharmacological action: cholagogues and choleretics. Chemical name: Glycine, N-((3alpha,5beta,7alpha)-3,7-dihydroxy-24-oxocholan-24-yl)- (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycochenodeoxycholic Acid

glycine hydroxymethyltransferase
Glycine max
glycine methyltransferase
glycine receptor
glycine reductase
glycine synthase
glycine transamidinase
glycinin
glycinium
glycins
glycinuria
glyco-
glycobiarsol
glycobiology
glycocalyx
glycochenodeoxycholic acid (current term)
glycocholate
glycocholate sodium
glycocholic
glycocholic acid
glycocin
glycocoll
glycoconjugates
glycocorticoid
glycocyamine
glycodeoxycholic acid
glycogelatin
glycogen
glycogen
glycogenase

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