Description General description A Certified Spiking Solution® suitable as an internal standard for quantitation of deoxycholic acid (DCA) levels in serum or other biological matrices by LC/MS or GC/MS for pharmaceutical research and clinical diagnostic testing applications. Deoxycholic acid (DCA), also known as deoxycholate and cholanoic acid, is a secondary bile acid that aids in the absorption of fats in the intestine. Mass spectrometry-based analysis of DCA is routinely performed in clinical diagnostic testing applications including neonatal testing of inborn errors of bile acid synthesis and differentiating among types of familial intrahepatic cholestasis. Legal Information CERILLIANT is a registered trademark of Cerilliant Corporation CERTIFIED SPIKING SOLUTION is a registered trademark of Cerilliant Corporation