Bile - Four humours - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Bile: Encyclopedia - Bile
Bile (or gall) is a bitter, greenish-yellow alkaline fluid secreted by the liver of most vertebrates. In many species, it is stored in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bile: Encyclopedia Ii - Bile - Four Humours
Yellow bile and black bile were two of the four vital fluids or humours of ancient and medieval medicine; for example, melancholia was be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bile: Encyclopedia Ii - Bile - Physiology
Bile salts are steroid compounds (deoxycholic and cholic acid), often conjugated with glycine and taurine, and act to some extent as a de...   » Read the article