tauroursodeoxycholic acid , TUDCA (Abkürzung)

Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) is an ambiphilic bile acid.

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Setchell, K. D., Rodrigues, C. M., Podda, M., and Crosignani, A. Metabolism of orally administered tauroursodeoxycholic acid in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.

The researchers tried two existing drugs - 4-phenyl butyric acid or PBA, which treats cystic fibrosis, and and tauroursodeoxycholic acid or TUDCA, which treats a liver disease.