Choleretic

Choleretics are substances that increase the volume of secretion of bile from the liver as well as the amount of solids secreted.[1]

Piprozolin is an example of such an agent as well as phenobarbital, which is used in biliary atresia.

References

  1. ↑ They include ursodeoxycholic acid, tauroursodeoxycholic acid and nor ursodeoxycholate. Textbook of Biochemistry and Human Biology, by G. P. Talwar, Talwar & Srivastava (eds.), L. M. Srivastava, p.610.

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