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Bile Secretion and the Enterohepatic Circulation
Bile formation is essential for intestinal lipid digestion and absorption, cholesterol homeostasis, and hepatic excretion of lipid-soluble xenobiotics, drug metabolites, and heavy metals. The process of bile formation depends on hepatic synthesis and canalicular secretion of bile acids, the predominant…