| bile salt |
a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids
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| bile salts |
Sodium and potassium salts in bile acids. Produced in the liver, secreted into the bile and directed to the intestine where they help the digestion and absorption of fats.
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Secretion and reuptake of the sodium glycocholate and taurocholate found in hepatic bile. Bile salts enter the duodenum and emulsify fats in the small intestine. They are resorbed in the terminal ileum and returned to the l
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pass from the liver to the intestine where they act as detergents to emulsify fat and reduce the surface tension on fat droplets to prepare them for the action of pancreatic and intestinal fat-splitting enzymes.
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