Chemistry of Bile Acids and Their Effects on Digestion

4 Chemistry of Bile Acids and Their Effects on Digestion 

Four to eight hundred mis of bile are secreted daily in humans and the contained BAs are strong detergents. They can be cytotoxic to the mucosal cell membranes, and can adversely affect many tissues, both intra- and extra-cellularly. Therefore, many strategies have evolved to control their distribution. 

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