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. 2019 Jun 25;11(6):1424. doi: 10.3390/nu11061424

Table 4.

Critical micelle concentration (CMC) and aggregation number (Nagg) of main bile acids as summarized by Parker et al. taken from Madenci and Egelhaaf [37,38].

Bile Acid Abbreviation CMC [mM] Nagg
taurocholic acid TCA 3–18 3–7
glycocholic acid GCA 4 9
taurochenodesoxycholic acid TCDCA 0.9–7 5–26
glycochenodesoxycholic acid GCDCA 1–2 15
taurodesxycholic acid TDCA 2–3 12–19
glycodesoxycholic acid GDCA 1–2 13–16