title: Bile salts of the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae.
abstract: Bile salts of the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, Smith, have been analyzed and shown to have three bile alcohols, latimerol, 5 alpha-cyprinol, and 5 alpha-cholestane-3 beta, 7 alpha,-12 alpha,25,26-pentol, two C24 bile acids, chenodeoxycholic acid and cholic acid, one C26 bile acid, probably 3 beta, 7 alpha, 12 alpha-trihydroxy-27-nor-5 alpha-cholestan-26-oic acid, and two C27 bile acids, 3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha-trihydroxy-5 alpha-cholestan-26-oic acid and 3 beta,7 alpha,12 alpha-trihydroxy-5 alpha-cholestan-26-oic acid as determined by gas-liquid chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000032:analysis*; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000032:analysis*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D013058:Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts