Description General description Bile is a yellow-green aqueous solution. It consists of 70% bile salts, 22% phospholipids, 4% cholesterol, 3% proteins and 0.3% bilirubin. It is produced from cholesterol in liver hepatocytes. It is usually stored in the gallbladder. Application Bile bovine has been used: • in De Man, Rogosa and Sharpe agar (MRS) broth for the growth test under high bile-salt condition • as a component in MRS to grow Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis 200+,to study the effect of bile salts on cell morphology • as a component in brain heart infusion (BHI) broth for broth assays to study its effects on Enterococcus faecalis V583 Packaging 25, 100, 500 g in poly bottle Biochem/physiol Actions Bile acids plays a physiological role in the removal of cholesterol from the body. It also participates in the intestinal solubilization and absorption of lipids.