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bile acids steroid acids derived from cholesterol; classified as either primary, those synthesized in the liver (such as cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid), or secondary, those produced from primary bile acids by intestinal bacteria and returned to the liver by enterohepatic circulation (such as deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid).
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