Research Article

The Effect of Hydroxyl Moieties and Their Oxosubstitution on Bile Acid Association Studied in Floating Monolayers

Table 1

Solubility and CMC data of bile acids and their oxoderivatives taken from the literature.

Bile acids and oxoderivatives StructureSolubility mmol/L 
pH3, 25°C
CMC 
mmol/L 
Na-salt, 25°C
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CnA—cholanic acid 
5-cholanoic acid
No dataNo data

LCA—lithocholic acid 
3-hydroxy-5-cholanoic acid
0.000051

DCA—deoxycholic acid 
3,12-dihydroxy-5-cholanoic acid
0.0282–10

CDCA—chenodeoxycholic acid 
3,7-dihydroxy-5-cholanoic acid
0.0274–9

HDCA—hyodeoxycholic acid 
3,6-dihydroxy-5-cholanoic acid
0.0156–14

UDCA—ursodeoxycholic acid 
3,7-dihydroxy-5-cholanoic acid
0.0097–19

3DHDCA—3-dehydrodeoxycholic acid 
3-oxo-12-hydroxy-5-cholanoic acid
No data17

DHDCA—dehydrodeoxycholic acid 
3,12-dioxo-5-cholanoic acid
No data51

CA—cholic acid 
3,7,12-trihydroxy-5-cholanoic acid
0.2736–18

HCA—hyocholic acid 
3,6,7-trihydroxy-5-cholanoic acid
0.0458–17

3DHCA—3-dehydrocholic acid 
3-oxo-7,12-dihydroxy-5-cholanoic acid
No data98

DHCA—dehydrocholic acid 
3,7,12-trioxo-5-cholanoic acid
No data130