Bile salts in breast milk.
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.
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*
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002793:Cholic Acids; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid