Measurement of free palmitic acid in human bile.
Free palmitic acid has been measured in gallbladder bile from patients undergoing surgery for cholelithiasis. The mean concentrations were 0.079 and 0.038 mmol/1 for patients with functioning and non-functioning gallbladders respectively the 2 concentrations differed significantly. None of the patients had palmitic acid or calcium palmitate in their gallstone.
D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*
D010169:Palmitic Acids