Journal of Lipid Research (Dec 1984)

Bile salts of the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae.

  • K Kihira,
  • Y Akashi,
  • S Kuroki,
  • J Yanagisawa,
  • F Nakayama,
  • T Hoshita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-2275(20)34449-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 12
pp. 1330 – 1336

Abstract

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Bile salts of the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, Smith, have been analyzed and shown to have three bile alcohols, latimerol, 5 alpha-cyprinol, and 5 alpha-cholestane-3 beta, 7 alpha,-12 alpha,25,26-pentol, two C24 bile acids, chenodeoxycholic acid and cholic acid, one C26 bile acid, probably 3 beta, 7 alpha, 12 alpha-trihydroxy-27-nor-5 alpha-cholestan-26-oic acid, and two C27 bile acids, 3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha-trihydroxy-5 alpha-cholestan-26-oic acid and 3 beta,7 alpha,12 alpha-trihydroxy-5 alpha-cholestan-26-oic acid as determined by gas-liquid chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.