Classical bile acids in animals, beta-phocaecholic acid in ducks.
1. Bile samples of different animals were analysed and the percentage content of classical bile acids was determined. 2. Herbivorous birds mostly excreted a large proportion of chenodeoxycholic acid. 3. The anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) excreted deoxycholic acid most probably as a primary bile acid. 4. In the bile of ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) a large amount of (23R)3 alpha, 7 alpha, 23-trihydroxy-5 beta-cholan-24-oic acid (beta-phocaecholic acid) was found.
Jirsa
M
M
1st Medical Clinic, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Klinot
J
J
Klinotová
E
E
Ubik
K
K
Kucera
K
K
D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000032:analysis*; D001717:Birds / Q000378:metabolism; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D004372:Ducks / Q000378:metabolism*; D008322:Mammals / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D004490:Xenarthra / Q000378:metabolism
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; C055515:phocaecholic acid