Primary bile acids | PGI Nov 2017 Preparations MCQ

Bile acids synthesized in liver (Primary bile acids) are: 

A. Lithocolic acid 
B. Cholic acid 
C. Chenodeoxycholic acid 
D. Deoxycholic acid 
E. Taurocholic acid

Answer. B. Cholic acid ; (C) Chenodeoxycholic acid

• Primary bile acids are

----Cholic acid

— Chenodeoxy cholic acid.

·      Lithocholic acid, Deoxycholic acid are secondary bileacids.

•Taurocho1ic acid is a bile salt.

. Bile acid synthesis occur in liver, rate limiting enzyme is 7-cx-hydroxylase.

. Bile acids have 24 carbons in structure.