"Taurocholic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The product of conjugation of cholic acid with taurine. Its sodium salt is the chief ingredient of the bile of carnivorous animals. It acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption and is itself absorbed. It is used as a cholagogue and cholerectic.
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D013656
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.146.100.850.875 D02.886.645.600.055.850.800 D04.210.500.105.225.900 D04.210.500.221.430.873
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Taurocholic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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De Novo Macrocyclic Peptide Inhibitors of Hepatitis B Virus Cellular Entry. Cell Chem Biol. 2018 07 19; 25(7):906-915.e5.
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Sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide is the limiting host factor of hepatitis B virus infection in macaque and pig hepatocytes. Hepatology. 2017 09; 66(3):703-716.
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Effects of trypsin and sodium tauroglycocholate on an enterotropic variant of IB virus. Vet Rec. 1991 Dec 07; 129(23):510-1.