taurocholicacid

taurocholicacid
tau·ro·cho·lic acid (tôr'ō-kōʹlĭk, -kŏlʹĭk) n.
A crystalline acid, C26H45NO7S, involved in the emulsification of fats and occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of humans, oxen, and other mammals.
  [Greek tauros, bull (from its having been obtained first from ox bile); See tauro- in Indo-European Roots + cholic acid.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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