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| Section2 = }} 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 choleretic. Hydrolysis of taurocholic acid yields taurine. For commercial use, taurocholic acid is manufactured from cattle bile, a byproduct of the meat-processing industry.〔(Taurocholic acid, sodium salt ) at GlycoFineChem.com〕 This acid is also one of the many molecules in the body that has cholesterol as its precursor. ==Toxicity== LD50 in newborn rats is 380 mg/kg. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taurocholic acid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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