Abstract
Summary
After intravenous administration of mevalonic acid-2-C14 the labeled constituents of guinea pig bile were cholesterol, 3α, 7α-dihydroxycholanic (chenodeoxycholic) and 3α-hydroxy, 7-ketocholanic (7-ketolithocholic) acid. The relative amount of C14 in these compounds suggested that most of the C14 not excreted in urine entered the cholesterol pool as such.
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