Synonym: 3α-Hydroxy-5β-cholan-24-oic acid N-(2-sulfoethyl)amide, Taurolithocholic acid sodium salt
CAS Number: 6042-32-6
Linear Formula: C26H44NO5SNa
Molecular Weight: 505.69
MDL Number: MFCD00036746
PubChem Substance ID: 24900457
General Description
Sodium taurolithocholate is a bile salt with detergent qualities that give it the ability to solubilize insoluble lipids.
Application
1 g in glass bottle; 100, 250 mg in glass bottle
Biochem/physiol Actions
Sodium taurolithocholate has been used in a study to assess factors controlling the gastrointestinal adsorption of petroleum hydrocarbon residues. 1 It has also been used in a study to investigate the decrease in activity of Na+, K+-adenosinetriphosphatase (Na+, K+-ATPase) in rats where cholestasis had been induced.