LIPID COMPONENTS OF BILE FROM CHOLINE DEFICIENT RATS.

Abstract

Summary The results obtained by the analyses of bile, collected from normal and choline deficient male rats during the first 24 hours after cannulation of the bile duct, indicate that the volume of bile produced is not changed but the concentrations of lipid components are generally decreased. Esterified cholesterol was absent and free cholesterol was in the same concentration as normal in the deficient bile. These findings may explain the previously observed accumulation of cholesterol esters in the livers of choline deficient rats.