Any member of a group of hydroxy-5beta-cholanic acids occuring in bile, where they are present as the sodium salts of their amides with glycine or taurine. In mammals bile acids almost invariably have 5beta-configuration.
| Member | Definition | Role |
|---|
| 12-ketolithocholic acid | | 12-ketolithocholic acid |
| 3,7,12-trihydroxycholest-24-enoic acid | | 3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-Trihydroxy-5beta-24E-cholesten-26-oic acid |
| 7-ketolithocholic acid | A bile acid that is lithocholic acid carrying an additional oxo substituent at position 7. | 7-oxolithocholic acid |
| antcin k | | antcin K |
| chenodeoxycholic acid | A dihydroxy-5beta-cholanic acid that is (5beta)-cholan-24-oic acid substituted by hydroxy groups at positions 3 and 7 respectively. | chenodeoxycholic acid |
| cholic acid | A bile acid that is 5beta-cholan-24-oic acid bearing three alpha-hydroxy substituents at position 3, 7 and 12. | cholic acid |
| dehydroeburicoic acid | | Dehydroeburicoic acid |
| deoxycholic acid | A bile acid that is 5beta-cholan-24-oic acid substituted by hydroxy groups at positions 3 and 12 respectively. | deoxycholic acid |
| hyodeoxycholic acid | A member of the class of 5beta-cholanic acids that is (5beta)-cholan-24-oic acid substituted by alpha-hydroxy groups at positions 3 and 6. | hyodeoxycholic acid |
| lithocholic acid | A monohydroxy-5beta-cholanic acid with a alpha-hydroxy substituent at position 3. It is a bile acid obtained from chenodeoxycholic acid by bacterial action. | lithocholic acid |
| methyl cholate | | Cholic Acid Methyl Ester |
| msi 1436 | | trodusquemine |
| muricholic acid | A group of trihydroxy-5beta-cholanic acids that are the 6,7-diastereoisomers of 3alpha,6,7-trihydroxy-5beta-cholan-24-oic acid. | muricholic acids |
| norcholate | | Norcholic acid |
| squalamine | | Squalamine |
| ursocholic acid | A bile acid that is 5beta-cholan-24-oic acid bearing three hydroxy substituents at positions 3alpha, 7beta and 12alpha. | ursocholic acid |
| ursodeoxycholic acid | A bile acid found in the bile of bears (Ursidae) as a conjugate with taurine. Used therapeutically, it prevents the synthesis and absorption of cholesterol and can lead to the dissolution of gallstones. | ursodeoxycholic acid |