The development of thin-layer and gas chromatographic technics has permitted the accurate separation and quantification of bile salts in both the conjugated and the unconjugated forms. We have used ...

STEATORRHEA is common in patients who have had all or part of the ileum removed. Originally, investigators assumed that this was because fat absorption occurred mainly in the ileum. 1 In 1957, when ...

A study finds that the enzymes in probiotic bacteria that act on bile salts in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract govern growth of the bacteria. Bile salts in the GI tract promote digestion, but their ...

Bile salts play a crucial role in the digestion and absorption of dietary fats in the small intestine, particularly in the duodenum. The human bile salt export pump (BSEP), also known as ABCB11, ...

Bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) are microbial enzymes that initiate the deconjugation of host-derived bile acids, thereby modulating the composition and signalling properties of the intestinal bile acid ...

Not all probiotics are created equal. In a new study, researchers found that certain enzymes within a class known as bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) can restrict Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.) ...

I am about to undergo gallbladder removal due to recurring pain from gallbladder sludge. Should I be taking replacements for the bile salts that I will no longer be able to produce, and if so, what is ...

Probiotic Lactobacillus bacteria use enzymes situationally to manipulate bile acids and promote their own survival in the gut. New research from North Carolina State University reveals that probiotic ...

Efforts to raise gut health awareness, including the ‘blue poop challenge’, have recently made quite a, *ahem*, splash across social media. Participants eat dyed muffins to measure their individual ...

Bile is a digestive fluid produced by the liver to help in the digestion of fat and absorption of nutrients. However, if you experience reflux (the flow of stomach contents into the esophagus), you ...

IN the course of studies on the effect of bile salts upon the activity of a variety of antibiotics it was observed that the susceptibility to neomycin of a series of recently isolated strains of ...