Black bear (Ursus americanus) bile composition: Seasonal changes

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 387-390

  Jones, James D ^a   Zollman, Paul E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bear; Bile acids; Enteric cycling; Gallbladder; Gut flora; Hibernation dormancy; Ursodeoxycholate

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHOLIPID; TAURINE DERIVATIVE; TAUROCHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; TAUROURSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BILE; BILE COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HIBERNATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BILE; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; GALLBLADDER; HIBERNATION; IRON; MAGNESIUM; METALS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POTASSIUM; SEASONS; SODIUM; TAUROCHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; URSIDAE; ZINC;

EID: 0031439081     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(97)00176-X     Document Type: Article

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