Sodium cholate is a cholate salt and an organic sodium salt. A trihydroxy bile salt that is used as a digestive aid in dietary supplements. It is used in culture media and in conjunction with PAPAIN and PANCREATIN.

What is sodium cholate used for?

Sodium cholate is a bile acid salt, which is applied as a biological detergent. The mixed systems of phospholipid/sodium cholate are used to study the self-assembly of micelles and formation of micellar systems.

Is sodium cholate a bile salt?

Schematic (top) and spatial (bottom) chemical structures of sodium cholate, a common bile salt surfactant, showing the rigid steroid-ring backbone, the hydrophobic and hydrophilic faces of the molecule, the hydroxyl groups (OH), and the charged carboxylate group (COO⁻).