What Are Bile Salts?

Bile salt is a sodium or potassium salt formed by the combination of bile acids secreted by liver cells with glycine or taurine. It is the main component of bile involved in fat digestion and absorption. After the bile salt is excreted into the small intestine with liver bile, about 95% is absorbed into the blood at the end of the ileum, enters the liver through the portal vein to synthesize bile, and is then excreted into the intestine. This process is called the intestinal-hepatic circulation of bile salt.

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Bile salts in bile have many functions, can help the body digest and absorb fat, can make fat into tiny droplets, increase the contact area of fat and enzymes, facilitate the decomposition and absorption of fat, and promote vitamin A, D, E K is absorbed along with the decomposition products of fat, which can stimulate the peristaltic function of the intestine, inhibit the growth of intestinal bacteria, and promote the dissolution of cholesterol. Phospholipids also play a role in promoting the dissolution of cholesterol, thereby maintaining the bile in a liquid state.

(1) Emulsify fat and promote fat digestion.

(2) Combined with fatty acids to promote the absorption of fatty acids.

(3) Promote the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.

(4) choleretic effect and neutralize gastric acid.