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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Derived from cholic acid.

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  • When Windaus then produced this same parent acid, cholanic acid, from cholesterol by means of a complicated and very ingenious series of experiments, this indicated very clearly the close relationship between cholesterol and the bile acids.

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1927 and 1928 - Presentation Speech 1966

  • When Windaus then produced this same parent acid, cholanic acid, from cholesterol by means of a complicated and very ingenious series of experiments, this indicated very clearly the close relationship between cholesterol and the bile acids.

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1927 and 1928 - Presentation Speech 1966

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