Abstract
The bile acid composition of human gallbladder bile was studied in 83 subjects, 20 of each sex without discernible hepatobiliary disease, and 20 men and 23 women with cholelithiasis. The bile acids were measured by combined thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatography.
In the bile of patients without cholelithiasis the molar percent of cholic acid was significantly greater in men while that of chenodeoxycholic acid was significantly greater in women.
In the bile of patients with cholelithiasis the concentration of total bile acids was reduced in both sexes but there was no sex difference in the molar percent of any of the bile acids. The molar percent of CDCA (both glycine and taurine conjugates) was reduced in women, while the molar percent of CA (only the glycine conjugate) was reduced in men.
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