Bile acids toxicology and bioactivity

Title:

Author:

Jenkins, Gareth (Gareth J.)

ISBN:

9781847558336

Publication Information:

Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2008.

Physical Description:

xi, 163 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Issues in toxicology

Issues in toxicology.

Contents:

An overview of bile-acid synthesis, chemistry and function -- Bile-acid physiology and measurement -- Bile-acid induction of apoptosis in relation to gastrointestinal cancer -- The genotoxicity of bile acids -- Bile acids and colorectal cancer -- Bile acids and oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OA) -- Bile acids and obesity -- The role of bile acids in cholesterol-rich gallstone formation.

Subject Term:

Bile Acids and Salts -- physiology.

Bile Acids and Salts -- adverse effects.

Gallstones -- etiology.

Neoplasms -- etiology.

Obesity -- etiology.

Bile acids -- Toxicology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Added Author:

Jenkins, Gareth (Gareth J.)

Hardie, Laura J.