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

Table 2

Molecular energy values calculated as () at characteristic points of the - isotherms as discussed in the text.

Bile acids	Energy of association, zJ/molecule
	Hydrophobic	H-bonding
CnA	9.5	—
LCA	15.17	15.7
CDCA	13.1	17.59
DCA	11.9	14.2
HDCA	7.4	10.2
UDCA	7.77	9.7