Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Deoxycholic acid also known as deoxycholate cholanoic acid and 3α12α-dihydroxy-5β-cholanate is a bile acid. Deoxycholic acid is one of the secondary bile acids which are metabolic byproducts of intestinal bacteria. The two primary bile acids secreted by the liver are cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid. Bacteria metabolize chenodeoxycholic acid into the secondary bile acid lithocholic acid and they metabolize cholic acid into deoxycholic acid.
