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A bile acid is any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, which occur as bile in sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsification and absorption of fats.
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What are bile acid sequesterants?
Bile acid sequesterants are drugs that act by binding with the bile produced by the liver. Bile helps the digestion and absorption of fats in the intestine. By blocking the digestion of fats, bile acid sequesterants prevent the formation of cholesterol.
What is acid bile?
Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals. Bile salts are bile acids compounded with a cation, usually sodium. In humans, the salts of taurocholic acidand glycocholic acid (derivatives of cholic acid) represent approximately eighty percent of all bile salts. Bile acids, glycine and taurine conjugates, and 7-alpha-dehydroxylated derivatives (deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid) are all found in human intestinal bile. An increase in bile flow is exhibited with an increased secretion of bile acids. The main function of bile acid is to facilitate the formation of micelles, which promotes processing of dietary fat
What is a bile salt?
A bile salt is the sodium of a bile acid, produced by the bile to neutralize the products leaving the stomach and to emulsify fatty material in it.
What body part produces bile and neutrealises stomach acid?
Bile is produced in liver
In humans cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid are principle?
bile acids
How is the acid from the stomach neutralised?
bile neutralises the acid in the stomach8se is cool
Is bile acid or alkaline?
It is alkaline because it is used to help neutralise the acid produced by the stomach.
Obstruction of the hepatopancreatic sphincter impairs digestion by reducing the availability of?
Bile and hcl
Where is bile secreted and what does it contain?
Bile is secreted in the liver and discharge into duodenum. It contains bile salts, bile acid, bile pigment,neutral fat, phospholipid, electrolytes like na ions and water.
Is hydrochloric acid found in the large intestine?
No. Dilute hydrochloric acid (about 0.5%) is found in the stomach. When food enters the small intestine, the remaining acid is neutralized by bile from the liver, which is basic with a pH of about 8.0 when it enters the bile duct. Bile does contain some weak acids.
Can you have bile reflux if you don't have acid reflux?
yes
What are the components of digestive juices?
Gastric acid.
