β-Muricholic Acid - CAS 2393-59-1

β-Muricholic acid (β-MCA) is a murine-specific primary bile acid.[1], [2] Dietary administration of β-MCA reduces HMG-CoA reductase activity in liver microsomes from mice fed a high cholesterol and cholic acid diet.[3] Dietary administration of β-MCA also dissolves 100% of gallstones in a gallstone-susceptible mouse model of diet-induced cholesterol gallstones.[4]

Endogenous Metabolite, Others

Metabolism, Others

2333

C24H40O5

408.57

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-20°C

Ice Packs

Natural Product