Cholic Acid (Cholate) is a major primary bile acid produced in the liver and usually conjugated with glycine or taurine. Cholic acid facilitates fat absorption and cholesterol excretion.

Cholic acid sodium (SodiumCholate) exhibits a strong spermicidal and antiviral [anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1] activity.

Cholic acid sodium hydrate, a primary bile acid synthesized in the liver and typically conjugated with glycine or taurine, plays a crucial role in facilitating fat absorption and cholesterol excretion. This compound is orally active [1] [2].

Methyl Cholate is the methyl ester form of cholic acid. Methyl Cholate is the methyl ester form of bile acid, which is a major bile acid produced by the liver and synthesized from cholesterol.Methyl Cholate has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activity.

Taurocholic acid sodium salt hydrate (Sodium taurocholate hydrate) is the product of conjugation of taurine with cholic acid. The sodium salt, the main ingredient of the bile of carnivorous animals, is used as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption. It is used as a cholagogue and cholerectic.

Glycocholic Acid is the product of conjugation of cholic acid with glycine. It is the chief ingredient of the bile of herbivorous animals.

7-keto-deoxycholic acid is converted from Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium with specific condition and from cholic acid in vitro.

β-Muricholic acid (β-MCA) is a murine-specific primary bile acid.[1],[2] Dietary administration of β-MCA reduces HMG-CoA reductase activity in liver microsomes from mice fed a high cholesterol and cholic acid diet.[3] Dietary administration of β-MCA also dissolves 100% of gallstones in a gallstone-susceptible mouse model of diet-induced cholesterol gallstones.[4]

Norcholic acid is a bile acid and 23-carbon derivative of cholic acid .1Levels of norcholic acid are increased in the urine of patients with liver cirrhosis or cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX), an inborn error of metabolism characterized by a deficiency in the mitochondrial enzyme sterol 27-hydrolylase (CYP27A1) that leads to progressive neurological symptoms.2,3,4

Dehydrocholic acid (Dehystolin) is a synthetic bile acid, produced by the oxidation of cholic acid.

Glycolithocholic acid 3-sulfate (SLCG), a cholic acid derivative and glycolithocholic acid metabolite, effectively inhibits HIV-1 replication in vitro. This compound holds potential for researching HIV infection and gallbladder disease [1] [2].