Bile Salts

Substances that help your body digest fats

Fundamentals

• Amphipathic molecules synthesized from cholesterol
• Make triglycerides more readily digested
  • Colloid consisting of triglycerides and water
    • Facilitate micelle formation
• DEC secretion of bile can be the result of liver disease

LOC:

• Synthesized in the liver
• Stored in the gall bladder

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