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Bile acids : toxicology and bioactivity / edited by Gareth Jenkins, Laura J. Hardie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, Gareth (Gareth J.)
- Series:
- Issues in Toxicology
- Issues in toxicology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bile acids--Physiological effect.
- Bile acids.
- Bile acids--Toxicology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : SC Pub., c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bile acids are increasingly being seen as extremely important carcinogenic agents in cancers of the bile duct, liver, colon, rectum, and oesophagus. They are essential agents involved in lipid digestion and absorption in mammals, however, they also play wide-ranging roles in a variety of disease states ranging from diabetes to cancer. They have evolved exquisite mechanisms for controlling their own synthesis and to ensure that they are produced at correct concentrations and also kept in the correct anatomical environment. It is only when these fine levels of controls are breached that Bile aci
- Contents:
- Publicity_9780854048465; i_iv; v_vi; vii_xii; 001_013; 014_047; 048_071; 072_083; 084_099; 100_121; 122_140; 141_158; 159_163
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781847558336
- 184755833X
- OCLC:
- 319518576
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