Bile acids are essential to digestion, by acting like a kind of detergent that breaks up fat molecules. Fat doesn't dissolve in water, but our digestive system is full of water, so the fat we consume ...

Your liver makes bile salts, which are necessary for fat absorption. The gallbladder doesn’t make them at all; it just stores the bile until you eat a meal, at which point the gallbladder ...

More information: Hongtao Liu et al, Structural basis of bile salt extrusion and small-molecule inhibition in human BSEP, Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43109-1 ...

Many people tolerate bile salt tablets, but they may increase the risk of liver toxicity. They may also cause mild to severe side effects such as headaches, nausea, and fatigue.

However, the exact mechanism by which bulevirtide interacts with the virus entry receptor on the surface of the liver cells -- the bile salt transporter protein NTCP (short for: sodium ...

News Release 9-May-2022 Discovery and characterization of naturally occurring chalcones as potent inhibitors of bile salt hydrolases Peer-Reviewed Publication Compuscript Ltd ...