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Ads by Google Related Topics Bile ducts bile biology bile acid sequestrant common bile duct Bile salts      eMedicine - Cholestasis : Article by Peter Whitington, MD Digestion is affected because bile salts are important for the function of bile salt–dependent lipase activity and the stabilization of the lipase-colipase complex. Older literature suggested that exploratory surgery placed patients with neonatal hepatitis at risk, but this is not the case with modern anesthesia and surgical techniques. Newer theories suggest that patients have differing sensitivities to elevated bile salt concentrations, which act on peripheral pain afferent nerves to produce the sensation of itching. http://www.emedicine.com/Ped/topic383.htm      MoonDragon's Health & Wellness: Gallbladder Disorders A "gallbladder attack" is often the result of a gallstone becoming lodged in the bile duct, preventing free flow of bile from the liver into the upper intestine. If gallstones are in the bile ducts, the physician (usually a gastroenterologist) may use endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to locate and remove them before or during the gallbladder surgery. The health care provider has the patient swallow the endoscope, which is guided by the health care provider and passed down the throat, through the stomach and into the small intestine. http://www.moondragon.org/health/disorders/gallbladder.html      Susceptibility and Adaptive Response to Bile Salts in Propionibacterium freudenreichii: Physiological and Proteomic ... Susceptibility and Adaptive Response to Bile Salts in Propionibacterium freudenreichii : Physiological and Proteomic Analysis Susceptibility and Adaptive Response to Bile Salts in Propionibacterium freudenreichii: Physiological and Proteomic Analysis -- Leverrier et al. This experiment led to the selection of the 24 most relevant http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/full/69/7/3809      Critical Role of Multidrug Efflux Pump CmeABC in Bile Resistance and In Vivo Colonization of Campylobacter jejuni -- ... it can be concluded that bile resistance is an important natural by mediating bile resistance, plays a critical role in the in we demonstrated in this study that CmeABC, by mediating bile http://iai.asm.org/cgi/content/full/71/8/4250      An Active Type IV Secretion System Encoded by the F Plasmid Sensitizes Escherichia coli to Bile Salts -- Bidlack and ... The preceding experiments all utilized a commercial bile salt Strain D21f2 is a deep rough mutant whose lipopolysaccharide The sensitivity pattern of the deep rough mutant D21f2 also http://jb.asm.org/cgi/content/full/186/16/5202      Bile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This mixture, applied to textiles a few hours before washing, is a traditional and rather effective method for removing various kinds of tough stains. Besides its digestive function, bile serves as the route of excretion for the hemoglobin breakdown product ( In many species, it is stored in the gallbladder between meals and upon eating is discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bile      MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Biliary obstruction Your health care practitioner will examine your the abdomen and may be able to palpate (feel) the gallbladder. Biliary obstruction involves the blockage of any duct that carries bile from the liver to the gallbladder or from the gallbladder to the small intestine. Recent biliary cancer (such as bile duct cancer) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000263.htm      Investigating the hypothesis that the higher the increase in the concentration of Bile salts, the faster Lipase will ... The same occurred in the second experiment so it was decided to stop at this point also. During the first experiment, no colour change had occurred after 6780 seconds. Therefore, what the results indicate is that an increase in the concentration of bile salts results in a much faster emulsification of the fat, which then in turn allows the lipids to act upon these smaller fat droplets faster. http://www.coursework.info/i/37535.html      Bile salts mediate hepatocyte apoptosis by increasing cell surface trafficking of Fas -- Sodeman et al. 278 (6): 992 -- ... Cathepsin B contributes to bile salt-induced apoptosis of rat hepatocytes. mechanisms of bile salt-induced hepatocyte injury are, therefore, CHOLESTASIS, DEFINED AS AN impairment in bile formation, is a feature of many chronic human liver diseases ( 28). http://ajpgi.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/278/6/G992      bile on Encyclopedia.com The bile is a route of excretion for many drugs and metabolites; cholesterol is excreted almost entirely in the bile, as are breakdown products of heme, such as bilirubin, which color the bile and are known as the bile pigments. The pathophysiologic changes following bile aspiration in a porcine lung model. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/b1/bile.asp      The Wolfe Clinic - Bile Salts - We design individual nutritional programs that allow the body to rebuild and heal itself. Bile is used in the body to breakdown saturated fats into unsaturated fats, which leads directly into hormone production. http://www.thewolfeclinic.com/bhb/bile-salts.html      Role of Bile Salts and Trypsin in the Pathogenesis of Experimental Alkaline Esophagitis The pathogenesis of alkaline reflux esophagitis was investigated in an experimental model by assessing individually the influence of different bile salt moieties and trypsin on esophageal mucosa. The data indicate that the secondary dihydroxy bile salt, deoxycholate, in its deconjugated form was highly injurious to esophageal mucosa; it was the only test agent that caused gross mucosal lesions during the experiment. The effect of the other three bile salts tested - cholate, taurocholate, and taurolithocholate - was negligible. http://www.gerd.com/articles/abstracts/309.htm      Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts If the gallbladder is packed with gallstones, it also goes into extremely painful spasmodic muscle contractions. The bile in the gallbladder, however, is not in the same form as it was when it left the liver. Bile salts are not absorbed, which means, their concentration is increased by about ten times. http://www.ener-chi.com/d_gall.htm      Bile Salt Hydrolase of Bifidobacterium longum---Biochemical and Genetic Characterization -- Tanaka et al. 66 (6): 2502 ... Phase behavior and aggregation states of model lipid systems patterned after aqueous duodenal contents of healthy adult human beings. Potential of using lactic acid bacteria for therapy and immunomodulation in man. FEMS Microbiol. Isolation of a bile salt sulfatase-producing Clostridium strain from rat intestinal microflora. http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/full/66/6/2502      The Gallbladder This makes the products and byproducts easier to eliminate into the intestines and out of the body. Both of these problems will restrict the storage and flow of bile and reduce the body's ability to digest foods. The salts are large, negatively charged ions that are not readily absorbed by the upper region of the small intestine; consequently, they remain in the intestine until most of the fat is digested. http://www.becomehealthynow.com/article/bodydigestive/677      Bile Salts: Natural Detergents for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Herold et al. 43 (4): 745 -- ... NaTLC-3-SO and NaC were the most effective bile Each value is the mean of values obtained from three independent experiments performed in duplicate with cells from different patients. Little or no cytotoxicity was observed for up http://aac.asm.org/cgi/content/full/43/4/745      AllRefer Health - Cholelithiasis (Gallstones) Cholelithiasis is usually incidentally discovered by routine x-ray study, surgery, or autopsy. Virtually all gallstones are formed within the gallbladder, an organ that normally functions to store bile excreted from the liver. Changes in the relative concentration of these components may cause precipitation from solution and formation of a nidus, or nest, around which gallstones are formed. http://health.allrefer.com/health/cholelithiasis-info.html      Intraduodenal conjugated bile salts exert negative feedback control on gall bladder emptying in the fasting state ... In the present study we found evidence for a similar negative negative feedback control by intraduodenal bile and the bile Dissociation of cholecystokinin and pancreaticobiliary response to intraduodenal bile acids and cholestyramine in humans. http://gut.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/50/5/669      Scoop on Poop This indigestible material is called "fiber," and is useful in getting the turd to move along through the intestine, perhaps because it provides traction. This can happen when a person is afflicted with diarrhea. Ordinarily, the green color may be masked by the normal brown poop color, but if digestion is thrown off by illness so that bilirubin is less concentrated in the intestine, the green color may become apparent. http://www.heptune.com/poop.html      Leptin Promotes Biliary Cholesterol Elimination during Weight Loss in ob/ob Mice by Regulating the Enterohepatic ... As described previously for rat bile, HPLC resolved five Bile is the route for cholesterol elimination from the body, and reverse cholesterol transport is the metabolic pathway for and hepatic bile collections, the body temperature was maintained http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/277/37/34117      Holistic Health Encyclopedia - L Licorice root's anti-inflammatory properties make it especially beneficial for relieving a variety of ailments such as sore throats, arthritis, asthma and muscle spasms. The liver can store a quart of extra blood when there is excess blood volume and supply it to the body when required, such as when a person exercises heavily or has a substantial blood loss. Sweet tasting Licorice root has also been used in the treatment of depression, chronic fatigue, as well as reducing fevers, and relieving constipation. http://www.myholistic.com/glossary/L.php3      Feng Shui Emporium: Health Now experience the relaxing and soothing benefits of aromatherapy while obtaining the legendary theraputic effects of the world-famous Mineral Baths from the Dead Sea. In the Encyclopedia of Medicine, cholesterol is described as an important constituent of body cells, involved in forming hormones and bile salts, transporting fats in the blood stream to tissues throughout the body. A high level of blood cholesterol is directly related to ather- sclerosis and coronary artery heart disease. http://www.luckycat.com/fengshui/page17.htm      Lipids Online Slides: bile, lipid metabolism, cholesterol metabolism This slide shows the mechanism by which bile salts function to transport cholesterol in bile and within the small intestine. One of the two bile salts produced in the livers of humans is called cholate, as shown on this slide. The liver can be considered simplistically as a hepatocyte, which is the main cell found in the liver. http://www.lipidsonline.org/slides/slide01.cfm?q=bile      BILE SALTS MODULATE CHRONIC ETHANOL-INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY -- Montet et al. 37 (1): 25 -- Alcohol and Alcoholism (TUDC) counteracts the inhibitory effect of ethanol on bile of hydrophobic bile salts, a situation which occurs in human The more hydrophobic bile salts may be cytotoxic when http://alcalc.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/37/1/25      THE MERCK MANUAL--SECOND HOME EDITION, Gallbladder and Biliary Tract in Ch. 118, Biology of the Digestive System Between meals, bile salts are stored in the gallbladder, and only a small amount of bile flows into the intestine. Bile flows out of the liver through the right and left hepatic ducts (see Biology of the Liver and Gallbladder: Blood Supply of the Liver), which come together to form the common hepatic duct. As a result, bile flows into the duodenum and mixes with food contents. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/print/sec09/ch118/ch118g.html      Bile - Cholesterol: health and medical information about high cholesterol and heart disease Bile - Cholesterol: health and medical information about high cholesterol and heart disease Pigment gallstones are frequently associated with chronic infection in the bile, especially in certain Asian countries where parasitic infection of the bile ducts is common. Patients with blood diseases that cause excessive breakdown of red blood cells can have increased amounts of bilirubin (breakdown product of red cells) in the bile, thus causing bilirubin gallstone formation. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2459      TOC-Unit 19 Mechanisms of Diarrhea and Steatorrhea in Patients with Bile Salt Malabsorption Dietary Oxalate Absorption is Enhanced and Prolonged in Patients with Steatorrhea Due to Bile Salt Deficiency Colonic pH Influences Physical State and Cathartic Activity Malabsorbed Bile Salts http://www.milner-fenwick.com/agaslides/utpunits/utoc19.htm      Gastrointestinal Physiology emulsification in the stomach ( bile acids are not necessary for emulsification) &; the breakdown of fat and stabilization by lecithin and proteins GI: Integrated Physiology of Digestion lecture from Dr. Bile salts are the key component of bile – responsible for micelle formation and the solubilization of lipids for absorption http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lemichae/firstaid/gi.htm      Bile Salts Bile is used by the body to help in the digestion of fats.* Each capsule provides: http://www.dews21.com/store/bile.html      Health Encyclopedia Obstruction to bile flow out of the liver (you may see the word "cholestasis"), or liver infections like viral hepatitis (A, B, C, etc.), may produce clay colored stools. Jaundiced (yellow) skin often accompanies clay colored stools. Bile salts in the stool excreted by the liver give it a normal brown color. http://healthcontent.baptistnortheast.com/adamcontent/ency/article/003129.asp      Effects of Acid and Bile Salts On the Rabbit Esophageal Mucosa We used the rabbit esophagus as a model to study clinically significant variables which may be important in the pathophysiology of reflux esophagitis in man. Increased permeability to hydrogen ion, as indicated by a net acid flux (NAF) out of the lumen, was our index of injury. When we varied the concentration of bile salts from 0 to 5 mM, we found that NAF (muEq/10 min) varied directly and significantly with the bile salt concentration (B, mM) according to this relationship: NAF = 12.7 (B) - 0.8 (r = 0.96, P At pH 2, the addition of bile salts resulted in the appearance of a significant increase in NAF. http://www.gerd.com/articles/abstracts/63.htm      Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link. For a journal article, please see the Resource Relation field. Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #6780917 - Effects of bile salts on the radioimmunoassay of hormonal peptides http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=6780917      bile salts - definition from Biology-Online.org The salt forms of bile acids ; e.g., taurocholate, glycocholate. http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/bile_salts

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