Biliary and systemic effects of fatty acid bile acid conjugates

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 649-655

  Konikoff, Fred M ^a,b,e   Leikin Frenkel, Alicia ^a   Goldiner, Ilana ^a,b   Michowitz, Moshe ^b   Brezowski, Eli ^b   Harats, Dror ^c   Gilat, Tuvia ^a,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Tel Aviv Sourasky   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Galmed Medical Research Ltd   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bile; Bile acids; Cholesterol; Fatty acid bile acid conjugates (FABACs); Gallstones; Phospholipids

Indexed keywords

3 BETA ARACHIDONYLAMIDO 7ALPHA,12ALPHA DIHYDROXY 5 BETA CHOLAN 24 OIC ACID; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID CONJUGATE; BILE SALT; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL BILE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; GALLSTONE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAMSTER; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BILE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; CREATININE; CRICETINAE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERUM ALBUMIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038797812     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200306000-00012     Document Type: Article

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