3β-OH-7-Oxocholenic Acid

3β-OH-7-Oxocholenic acid is a bile acid.¹ It is also a metabolite of 7β-hydroxy cholesterol in rats. Conjugated forms of 3β-OH-7-oxocholenic acid have been found in the urine of patients with Neimann-Pick disease type C.^2,3

ChEBI: 3beta-Hydroxy-7-oxochol-5-en-24-oic Acid is a bile acid.

1. Norii, T., Yamaga, N., and Yamasaki, K. Metabolism of 7β-hydroxycholesterol-4-¹⁴C in rat Steroids 15(3),303-326(1970).
2. Alvelius, G., Hjalmarson, O., Griffiths, W.J., et al. Identification of unusual 7-oxygenated bile acid sulfates in a patient with Niemann-Pick disease, type C J. Lipid Res. 42(10),1571-1577(2001).
3. Maekawa, M., Omura, K., Sekiguchi, S., et al. Identification of two sulfated cholesterol metabolites found in the urine of a patient with Niemann-Pick disease type C as novel candidate diagnostic markers Mass Spectrom. (Tokyo) 5(2),S0053(2016).