鼠膽酸(英語:Muricholic acid)是鼠類膽汁酸中的主要物質,因而得名,在其它物種中也有較低的濃度[1]。和人類初級膽汁酸的主要成分膽酸鵝去氧膽酸不同,主要的兩種鼠膽酸α-和β-鼠膽酸在6-號位碳原子上有β構象的羥基基團[2]

化學結構

參考文獻

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