1.Bile tolerance, deconjugation of conjugated bile salt (sodium taurocholate), and cholesterol-assimilating ability of 8 strains from Lactobacillus plantarum were examined.
3.Bile salts and acids are mostly a product of cholesterol metabolism, so an acid might look something like this and its salt is the anionic form, something like this (ROO-) group.
4.There is some evidence it's not necessarily good for the gut microbiome because the bile salt in products from emulsifying saturated fat, because it requires more bile, that those might be toxic to some beneficial species of bacteria.