Formulation: A crystalline solid
Formal Name: (5β)-3α,6β,7β-trihydroxy-cholan-24-oic acid
Purity: ≥95%
Formula Markup: C24H40O5
Formula Weight: 408,6
Shelf life (days): 730
CAS Number: 2393-59-1
Notes: β-Muricholic acid (β-MCA) is a murine-specific primary bile acid.{30824,45190} Dietary administration of β-MCA reduces HMG-CoA reductase activity in liver microsomes from mice fed a high cholesterol and cholic acid diet.{33864} Dietary administration of β-MCA also dissolves 100% of gallstones in a gallstone-susceptible mouse model of diet-induced cholesterol gallstones.{33865}