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SUBMITTER: Tan X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5377248 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tan Xinle X Gao Fei F Su Hexiu H Gong Yajun Y Zhang Jie J Sullivan Mitchell A MA Chen Jiachun J
Scientific reports 20170403
Snake gallbladder, a traditional Chinese medicine, has been believed in various Asian countries to improve visual acuity and alleviate rheumatism. Bile acids, a major component of the gallbladder, are toxic to the liver and kidney in humans and animals due to its detergent effects, while also exhibiting therapeutic effects due to an increase in the gallbladder contractions of muscle strips in patients with cholesterol gallstones. Secretion of bile acids in human and mammals depends on the bile s ...[more]