Chenodeoxycholic acid is a bile acid that induces apoptosis through protein kinase C signaling pathways.Chenodeoxycholic acid is widely utilized in therapeutic applications. It is applied in medical therapy to dissolve gallstones. It is employed in the treatment of cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis. It is used to treat constipation and cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis. It acts as a urea receptor in supramolecular chemistry which can contain anions. It is a staining additive commonly used with ruthenium or organic photo-sensitizers in the preparation of staining solutions for dye solar cells.
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Solubility
Soluble in water, dimethyl sulfoxide, ethanol and dimethylformamide.
Notes
Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
Zhang, Y.; Qu, H.; Feng, H.; Wang, X.; Shan, W.; Zeng, W.; Wang, Q.; Zhao, Y. Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for chenodeoxycholic acid using an anti-chenodeoxycholic acid monoclonal antibody. Anal. Methods 2015, 7 (11), 4583-4589.
Jones, R. D.; Lopez, A. M.; Tong, E. Y.; Posey, K. S.; Chuang, J. C.; Repa, J. J.; Turley, S. D. Impact of physiological levels of chenodeoxycholic acid supplementation on intestinal and hepatic bile acid and cholesterol metabolism in Cyp7a1-deficient mice. Steroids 2015, 93, 87-95.