Dr. Lóránd Bertók - The role of bile acids in the physico-chemical protection of the body

Summary

"... The important effect of bile acids, which we have recognised and which has since been confirmed by others, is to protect the body in a special way - in the gut. This detergent effect depends on bile acids. This has been shown by studying the 'absorption' of bacterial endotoxins (lipopolysaccharide-like cell wall substances of Gram-negative bacteria - internal toxins) from the intestine.

In the physico-chemical defence based on the detergent action of bile acids, we have identified a general defence mechanism of the organism that is not limited to bacterial endotoxins but extends to all "agents" (for example, some viruses) that have a lipoprotein or lipoid structure on their surface..."