Search Ontology:
ChEBI
bile acids
- Term ID
- CHEBI:138366
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- Definition
- Any member of a group of hydroxy steroids 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, while in lower vertebrates, some bile acids, known as allo-bile acids, have 5alpha-configuration.
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- Ontology
- ChEBI ( EBI )
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Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from bile acids
Phenotype where environments contain bile acids
Phenotype modified by environments containing bile acids
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