55159-8
Ursodeoxycholate [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma
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Part Description
LP93479-1 Ursodeoxycholate
Ursodiol, also known as ursodeoxycholic acid and the abbreviation UDCA, is one of the secondary bile acids, which are metabolic byproducts of intestinal bacteria. Primary bile acids are produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. When secreted into the colon, primary bile acids can be metabolized into secondary bile acids by intestinal bacteria. Primary and secondary bile acids help the body digest fats. Ursodeoxycholic acid helps regulate cholesterol by reducing the rate at which the intestine absorbs cholesterol molecules while breaking up micelles containing cholesterol. Because of this property, ursodeoxycholic acid is used to treat (cholesterol) gallstones non-surgically.
While some bile acids are known to be colon tumor promoters (eg. deoxycholic acid), others such as ursodeoxycholic acid are chemopreventive, perhaps by inducing cellular differentiation and/or cellular senescence in colon epithelial cells.
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Source: Wikipedia, Ursodeoxycholate
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Ursodeoxycholate
- Property
- SCnc
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Ser/Plas
- Scale
- Qn
- Method
Additional Names
- Short Name
- Ursodeoxycholate SerPl-sCnc
- Display Name
- Ursodeoxycholate [Moles/Vol]
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Ursodeoxycholate, Blood
Basic Attributes
- Class
- CHEM
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 2.27
- Last Updated
- Version 2.73
- Change Reason
- Release 2.67: SYSTEM: Added Plas because this test can be run on both serum and plasma
- Order vs. Observation
- Both
- Common Test Rank Get Info
- 3628
Member of these Panels
LOINC | Long Common Name |
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43130-4 | Bile acid fractions panel [Moles/volume] - Serum or Plasma |
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
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de-AT | German (Austria) | Synonyms: Ursodeoxycholsäure |
es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Ursodeoxicolato: Synonyms: Cuantitativo |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Ursodesoxicolato: |
et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Ursodeoksükolaat: Synonyms: Aine kontsentratsioon Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Plasma Seerum Seerum või plasma |
fr-FR | French (France) | Ursodéoxycholate: |
fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Ursodéoxycholate: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Ursodeossicolato: Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione di Sostanza Plasma Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Siero o Plasma |
nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | ursodeoxycholaat: |
pt-BR | Portuguese (Brazil) | Ursodeoxicolato: Synonyms: UDCA; |
ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Урсодезоксихолат: Synonyms: Количественный Молярность; |
tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Ürsodeoksikolate: |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 熊去氧胆酸: Synonyms: Ursodiol; |
Example Units
Unit | Source |
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umol/L | Example UCUM Units |
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