title: Bile salts in breast milk.
abstract: Breast milk was studied for the presence of bile salts. Cholate and chenodeoxycholate were found in all samples examined. In both colostrum and milk there was a predominance of cholate. Their biological activity remains to be determined.
mesh_terms: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000032:analysis*; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D003126:Colostrum / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002793:Cholic Acids; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid