Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 30, 1889-1893, Copyright © 1989 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Identification of bile alcohols in rat bile
T Hiraoka, T Kohda, D Kosaka, T Yamauchi, K Kihira, T Kuramoto, T Hoshita and G Kajiyama
First Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University, School of Medicine, Japan.
Bile alcohols in rat bile were analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography- mass
spectrometry. Six bile alcohols were newly identified as minor constituents
in addition to 5 beta-cholestane-3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha,26-tetrol, major
bile alcohol of rat bile. The bile alcohols newly identified were 27-nor-5
beta-cholestane-3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha,24,25-pentol, 5 alpha-cholestane-3
alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha,26- tetrol, 5 beta-cholestane-3 alpha,7 alpha,12
alpha,24,26-pentol, 5 alpha-cholestane-3 alpha,7 alpha,12
alpha,25,26-pentol, 5 beta- cholestane-3 alpha,7 alpha,12
alpha,25,26-pentol, and 5 beta-cholestane- 3 alpha,6 beta,7
beta,25,26-pentol. The biliary bile alcohols of the rat occurred mainly as
the sulfuric acid esters and, in lesser amounts, as glucuronoconjugated and
unconjugated forms. The amount of total bile alcohols was about 27.9 nmol
in 1 ml of bile.