Ursodesoxycholic Acid Synthesis

Abstract

Ursodesoxycholic acid, an ingredient contained only in the bear's gall, has been studied since 1902, to establish its synthesis method in relatively recent years, with scientific researches on its phisiologicalaction also conducted. As a result, with the administration of only a small amount quite different from the conventional liver medicine in its action mechanism, the product exhibits as a wonder drug very strong effects of protecting the liver. In other words, it is a cholagogue reviving the function of the liver because of the actions including the acceleration of bile secretion, formation and accumulation of liver glycogen, reviving of liver cells, removal of liver fat, reduction of blood sugar and cholesterol, removal of lipase and accelerated absorption of vitamin B\ and vitamin B2.