The influence of bile salts on the hepatic metabolism of sulfobromophthalein sodium (BSP) was studied in the perfused rat liver. During sodium taurocholate infusions, hepatic uptake of BSP from plasma was increased and appeared to be related to an enhanced transit of BSP from liver into bile. BSP-glutathione conjugation was not affected by the bile salt infusions, although bile salts inhibited the enzyme system in vitro.
J. L. Boyer, R. L. Scheig, G. Klatskin
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