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SUBMITTER: Kong JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6614960 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kong Joo-Yeon JY Yeon Seong-Chan SC Lee Hu Jang HJ Kang Changkeun C Park Jin-Kyu JK Jeong Kyu-Shik KS Hong Il-Hwa IH
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM 20190625
Several eradication programs have been developed and executed to curb alien invasive species that tend to damage the ecological environments they colonize; however, only few studies have evaluated the utilization of carcasses of these species after eradication. Nutria (<i>Myocastor coypus</i>) is an invasive rodent species targeted by eradication programs in many countries. We noted that nutria produce large amounts of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) in their bile. UDCA is a unique component respons ...[more]