Polycyclic Compound

Ursodeoxycholic Acid

AMW:CHEM:040052

An epimer of chenodeoxycholic acid. It is a mammalian bile acid found first in the bear and is apparently either a precursor or a product of chenodeoxycholate. Its administration changes the composition of bile and may dissolve gallstones. It is used as a cholagogue and choleretic.

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Ursodeoxycholic Acid has parent Deoxycholic Acid

Ursodeoxycholic Acid member of drug class Drugs Acting on the Gall Bladder

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PrefixChemical substances · AMW:CHEM:

Class04 · Polycyclic Compounds

Domains

Biochemistry · base Pharmacology · base

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Biochemistry / Concept Pharmacology / Drug

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Ursodeoxycholic Acid en · preferred