The Bile Acids, Chemistry, Physiology, and Metabolism : Volume 2: Physiology and Metabolism

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Mechanisms of Bile Acid Biosynthesis....Pages 1-32 Bile Salt Transport Systems....Pages 33-54 Bile Salt Metabolism in Man....Pages 55-82 Newer Aspects of Bile Salt Metabolism in Intestinal Disease....Pages 83-101 Bile Acids and the Intestinal Absorption of Fat and Electrolytes in Health and Disease....Pages 103-152 Experimental Cholelithiasis....Pages 153-190 Clinical Implications of Bile Acid Metabolism in Man....Pages 191-247 Effect of Hormones on Bile Acid Metabolism....Pages 249-257 Enzymes in Bile Acid Metabolism....Pages 259-271 Action of Hypolipidemic Drugs on Bile Acid Metabolism....Pages 273-282 Bile Acid Metabolism in Gnotobiotic Animals....Pages 283-304 Back Matter....Pages 305-329 1 Mechanisms of Bile Acid Biosynthesis.- I. Introduction.- II. Formation of Cholic Acid.- A. Changes in Steroid Nucleus.- B. Oxidation of Side Chain.- III. Formation of Chenodeoxycholic Acid.- IV. Formation of Other Primary Bile Acids.- V. Conjugation of Bile Acids.- VI. Regulation of Bile Acid Formation.- VII. Formation of Bile Salts in "Primitive" Animals.- A. Changes in Steroid Nucleus.- B. Oxidation of Side Chain.- References.- 2 Bile Salt Transport Systems.- I. Introduction.- II. Active Transport in the Intestine.- III. Passive Proximal Intestinal Absorption of Bile Salts.- IV. Passive Ab