Glycocholic Acid Sodium Salt is a biochemical formed by the conjugation of cholic acid (C432600) with glycine (G615990).
ChEBI: Sodium glycocholate is a bile salt. It contains a glycocholate.
Glycocholic acid (GCA) is involved in the emulsification of fats. Glycocholic acid sodium (GAS) salt is one of the important cholic acid salts in the pharmaceutical industry used to prepare mixed micelles (MMs).
Dissolve it in EtOH, filter it and concentrated to crystallisation, and recrystallise from a little EtOH. It also crystallises from 95% EtOH/Et2O. [Beilstein 3 IV 573.]
