bile salt

1. Any of the sodium salts of the bile acids occurring in bile.
2. A mixture, such as a commercial preparation derived from the bile of the ox, that is used medicinally as a hepatic stimulant or laxative.

Salts of cholic and deoxycholic acid and their glycine and taurine conjugates, secreted in the bile; they enhance the digestion of fats by emulsifying them.

The sodium salts (sodium taurochlorate and sodium glycholate) secreted in bile. They help to emulsify fats in the intestine.

1. Any of the sodium salts of the bile acids, such as taurocholate and glycocholate, occurring in bile.
2. A mixture, such as a commercial preparation derived from the bile of the ox, that is used medicinally as a hepatic stimulant or laxative.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids