Taurodeoxycholic acid

Description: Taurodeoxycholic acid (Taurodeoxychloic acid) is a bile acid taurine conjugate of deoxycholic acid, a human metabolite that stabilizes mitochondrial membranes and reduces the formation of free radicals.Taurodeoxycholic acid inhibits apoptosis by blocking calcium-mediated apoptotic pathways and by activation of caspase-12. Taurodeoxycholic acid has neuroprotective activity and has been used to study 3-nitropropionic acid-induced or stabilized hereditary Huntington's chorea (HD). Target: Endogenous Metabolite, Caspase, Calcium Channel, Apoptosis. Smiles: C[C@@]12[C@]([C@]3([C@@]([C@]4(C)[C@](CC3)(C[C@H](O)CC4)[H])(C[C@@H]1O)[H])[H])(CC[C@@]2([C@@H](CCC(NCCS(=O)(=O)O)=O)C)[H])[H]. References: Xie Q, et al. Effect of tauroursodeoxycholic acid on endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced caspase-12 activation. Hepatology. 2002,36(3):592-601.