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After a number of years of being considered a well-established branch of biochemistry, we now have found that there is considerable less certainty about the pathways of bile acid synthesis from cholesterol, particularly in regard to human metabolism.
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Javitt, N.B. (1987). Recent Advances in Metabolic Pathways of Bile Acid Synthesis. In: Paoletti, R., Kritchevsky, D., Holmes, W.L. (eds) Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71702-4_5
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