Cholic Acid (sodium salt hydrate)

Cholic acid is a primary bile acid. It is formed from cholesterol via a multistep process catalyzed by the cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoforms CYP7A1, CYP8B1, and CYP27A1. Cholic acid is conjugated to glycine or taurine by bile acid-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase (BAAT) to produce glycocholic acid (GCA, Cay-20276) and taurocholic acid (TCA, Cay-16215), respectively, in the liver, and is transformed into the secondary bile acid deoxycholic acid (DCA, Cay-20756, Cay-18231) by intestinal microbiota. It induces C. difficile colony formation in an agar dilution assay when used at a concentration of 0.1% w/v. Dietary administration of cholic acid (0.4% w/w) increases serum cholesterol levels, biliary phospholipid secretion, and fecal DCA levels in rats. InChI: InChI=1S/C24H40O5.Na.H2O/c1-13(4-7-21(28)29)16-5-6-17-22-18(12-20(27)24(16,17)3)23(2)9-8-15(25)10-14(23)11-19(22)26,,/h13-20,22,25-27H,4-12H2,1-3H3,(H,28,29),,1H2/q,+1,/p-1/t13-,14+,15-,16-,17+,18+,19-,20+,22+,23+,24-,,/m1../s1 InChIKey: MUVVIYFKOVLQHL-RCVKHMDESA-M SMILES: O[C@H]1[C@@]2([H])[C@@]3([H])[C@@]([C@]([C@H](C)CCC([O-])=O)([H])CC3)([C@H](C[C@]2([H])[C@@]4([C@](C[C@@H](CC4)O)([H])C1)C)O)C.[Na+].O