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BILE ACIDS AND SALTS

Specialty Definition: BILE ACIDS AND SALTS

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Health

Steroid acids and salts. The primary bile acids are derived from cholesterol in the liver and usually conjugated with glycine or taurine. The secondary bile acids are further modified by bacteria in the intestine. They play an important role in the digestion and absorption of fat. They have also been used pharmacologically, especially in the treatment of gallstones. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BILE ACIDS AND SALTS

Specialty definitions using "BILE ACIDS AND SALTS": Cholestanols. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: BILE ACIDS AND SALTS

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Health

Its composition includes bile acids and salts, cholesterol, and electrolytes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BILE ACIDS AND SALTS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 49 4C 45      41 43 49 44 53      41 4E 44      53 41 4C 54 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01001001 01001100 01000101 00100000 01000001 01000011 01001001 01000100 01010011 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01010011 01000001 01001100 01010100 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#73 &#76 &#69 &#32 &#65 &#67 &#73 &#68 &#83 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#32 &#83 &#65 &#76 &#84 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0049 004C 0045      0041 0043 0049 0044 0053      0041 004E 0044      0053 0041 004C 0054 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3643463923537433853235483825335465453

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2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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