Table 1 Bile acids, salts and alcohol analyzed in presented paper.

From: Kairomone-like activity of bile and bile components: A step towards revealing the chemical nature of fish kairomone

bile compound

primary/secondary acid

abbreviation

cholic acid

primary

CA

glycocholic acid

primary

GCA

taurocholic acid

primary

TCA

chenodeoxycholic acid

primary

CDCA

ursodeoxycholic acid

secondary

UDCA

hyodeoxycholic acid

secondary

HDCA

deoxycholic acid

secondary

DCA

taurodeoxcholic acid

secondary

TDCA

taurohyodeoxycholic acid

secondary

THDCA

tauroursodeoxycholic acid

secondary

TUDCA

glycodeoxycholic acid

secondary

GDCA

glycochenodeoxycholic acid

primary

GCDCA

5α-cyprinol

alcohol

cyprinol

  1. The liver synthesizes cholate and chenodeoxycholate (primary bile acids) from cholesterol. The intestinal bacteria convert some of them into secondary bile acids such as deoxycholate and lithocholate. Conjugation with taurine or glycine occurs in the liver and bile salts are secreted into the bile in this form. According to Hoffman et al. (2010)17, we will be using the term „bile salts” for bile acids conjugated with taurine or glycine as well as for sodium salts.
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