Classical bile acids in animals, beta-phocaecholic acid in ducks

  • Comp Biochem Physiol B. 1989;92(2):357-60. doi: 10.1016/0305-0491(89)90291-5.
M Jirsa  1 ,  J Klinot ,  E Klinotová ,  K Ubik ,  K Kucera
Affiliations
  • 1. 1st Medical Clinic, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
PMID: 2924542 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(89)90291-5
Abstract

1. Bile samples of different Animals were analysed and the percentage content of classical bile acids was determined. 2. Herbivorous birds mostly excreted a large proportion of chenodeoxycholic acid. 3. The anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) excreted deoxycholic acid most probably as a primary bile acid. 4. In the bile of ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) a large amount of (23R)3 alpha, 7 alpha, 23-trihydroxy-5 beta-cholan-24-oic acid (beta-phocaecholic acid) was found.

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