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Chapter 4 Problem 4.73

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Cholic acid, a compound called a bile acid, is converted to a bile salt in the body. Bile salts have properties similar to soaps, and they help transport lipids through aqueous solutions. Explain why this is so. HO OH OH COH O HO OH OH CNHCH2CH2SO3 Na+ O cholic acid a bile acid bile salt

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Title Organic Chemistry 3 
Author Janice Gorzynski Smith
ISBN 9780077354725

Cholic acid, a compound called a bile acid, is converted to a bile salt in the body

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