title: Colorimetric determination of glycine conjugates of bile acids.
abstract: A simple assay was developed for the determination of glycine-conjugated bile acids. Samples containing the glycine-conjugated bile acids in the range from 15 to 250 nmol were acidified with HCl, and extracted with ethyl acetate containing ethanol (50 ml/l). An aliquot of the organic phase was evaporated to dryness, and the dried residue was treated to develop the color by the addition of acetic anhydride, pyridine and a trace amount of phosphoric acid. the absorbance was measured at 429 or 456 nm after the reaction at 50 degrees C for 2 h. Color development did not occur with unconjugated and taurine-conjugated bile acid. Beer's law was obeyed from 12.5 to 200 nmol in a cuvette. The recovery of the conjugates from the rabbit gall bladder bile and liver homogenate was satisfactory. This method requires no hydrolysis step and is applicable to the determination of glycine-conjugated bile acids in bile, duodenal aspirate and liver homogenate.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000032:analysis; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000379:methods; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000032:analysis; D006000:Glycocholic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D006002:Glycodeoxycholic Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; D006002:Glycodeoxycholic Acid; D006000:Glycocholic Acid