My watch list
my.chemeurope.com  

my.chemeurope.com

With an accout for my.chemeurope.com you can always see everything at a glance – and you can configure your own website and individual newsletter.

  • My watch list
  • My saved searches
  • My saved topics
  • My newsletter
Register free of charge
Login  
eng  
DeutschEnglishFrançaisEspañol

Taurocholic acid



Taurocholic acid
Chemical name 2-{[(3alpha,5beta,
7alpha,12alpha)
-3,7,12-trihydroxy-
24-oxocholan-24-yl]
amino} ethanesulfonic
acid
Chemical formula C26H45NO7S
Molecular mass 515.7058 g/mol
CAS number [81-24-3]
Density x.xxx g/cm3
Melting point 125.0 °C
Boiling point xx.x °C
SMILES C[C@@]34[C@]
(CC[C@@H]4[C@@H]
(CCC(NCCS(O)
(=O)=O)=O)C)
([H])[C@]2([H])
[C@H](O)C[C@]1
([H])C[C@H](O)CC
[C@@](C)1[C@]
([H])2C[C@@H]3O
Disclaimer and references

Taurocholic acid, known also as cholaic acid, cholyltaurine, or acidum cholatauricum, is a deliquescent yellowish crystalline bile acid involved in the emulsification of fats. It occurs as a sodium salt in the bile of mammals. It is a conjugate of cholic acid with taurine. In medical use, it is administered as a cholagogue and cholerectic.

Hydrolysis of taurocholic acid yields taurine, a nonessential amino acid.

For commercial use, taurocholic acid is manufactured from cattle bile, a byproduct of the meat-processing industry.

See also

References

  • Formula, model
  • PubChem. Retrieved on February 5, 2006.
  • http://www.chemexper.com/. Retrieved on February 5, 2006.
 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Taurocholic_acid". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
Your browser is not current. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 does not support some functions on Chemie.DE