For commercial use, taurocholic acid is manufactured from cattle bile, a byproduct of the meat-processing industry.
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This test has replaced 14 C-labeled glycocholic acid ( or taurocholic acid ) breath tests and fecal bile acid measurements, which now have no place in the routine clinical investigation of malabsorption.
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In humans, taurocholic acid and glycocholic acid ( derivatives of cholic acid ) and taurochenodeoxycholic acid and glycochenodeoxycholic acid ( derivatives of chenodeoxycholic acid ) are the major bile salts in bile and are roughly equal in concentration.