Bile salts
SIAL/48305 - suitable for microbiology
Synonym: Bile acids sodium salt, cholic acid-deoxycholic acid sodium salt mixture; Bile acids sodium salt; Cholic acid-Deoxycholic acid sodium salt mixture
MDL Number: MFCD00130648
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | microbiology |
| composition | cholic acid sodium salt, ~50% |
| deoxycholic acid sodium salt, ~50% | |
| description | anionic |
| form | powder |
| impurities | ≤5% water |
| loss | ≤5% loss on drying (water) |
| Quality Level | 200  |
| solubility | H2O: 0.1 g/mL, clear, faintly yellow |
| sterility | non-sterile |
| storage temp. | 10-30°C |
| Application: | Bile salts may be used as one of the selective agents to prevent the growth of injured Escherichia coli cells, in an experiment done in order to identify the specific agent in the selective media which would inhibit the growth of the injured Escherichia coli ML30 cells. It may also be used for identification of isolates of Vibrio (Beneckea) vulnificus which is a halophilic bacterium, found responsible for causing several human infections. |
| Biochem/physiol Actions: | Bile salts are surface-active steroid compounds and their primary physiological function is to aid in the digestion of lipophilic nutrients in intestinal tracts of vertebrates. |
| General description: | Bile salt is an organic sodium salt with a conjugate of any of the bile acids along with either glycine or taurine. Biles salts are composed of four different kinds of bile acids - cholic, deoxycholic, chenodeoxycholic and lithocholic acids. |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Storage Temp. | 10-30°C |
| UNSPSC | 41106212 |