title: Classical bile acids in animals, beta-phocaecholic acid in ducks.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 1st Medical Clinic, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jirsa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klinot
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klinotová
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ubik
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kucera
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; C055515:phocaecholic acid