BILE COMPOSITION

96-98% water
2.5% Solids

Organic Constituents of Bile:
I. Bile Acids:
a. Bile acids are synthesized in the liver from cholesterol.
b. The bile acids are derived from the parent acid called cholanic acid.
c. Cholic acid + Glycine → Glycocholic acid.
b. Cholic acid + Taurine → Taurocholic acid.
II. Bile Salts:
Sodium or potassium glycocholate and sodium or potassium taurocholate are the two bile salts.
III. Bile Pigments:
Biliverdin and Bilirubin
They are excreted in the bile.
They have no physiological role.

Inorganic Constituents of Bile:
Sulphate
Phosphate
Chloride