Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Cholic acid is a bile acid a white crystalline substance insoluble in water (soluble in alcohol and acetic acid) with a melting point of 200-201 °C. Salts of cholic acid are called cholates. Cholic acid along with chenodeoxycholic acid is one of two major bile acids produced by the liver where it is synthesized from cholesterol. Of the two major bile acids cholate derivatives represent approximately eighty percent of all bile acids.
