Glycocholic Acid
an acid occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of most animals. It is obtained by covering fresh bile in a tall glass cylinder with a layer of ether, and adding 1 c. c. of strong HCl. to every 50 c. c. of bile; in a few days a crystalline mass is formed, which is filtered, washed with cold water, and crystalled out of boiling water; it forms fine needles, which melt at 100°, and are soluble in alcohol; when boiled with barito water it is decomposed into cholic acid and glycocine, C2H4, NO+ H2O = C2H4O5 + C2H5NO2. GI Glycocholic acid forms salts which are called gly glycocholates, the glycocholates of the alkalies in alcohol. Glycocholate of sodium is precipitated from its alcoholic solution by ether; acetate of lead gives a precipitate which is soluble in alcohol. and earth metals are soluble in water and GLYCODRUPOSE (gli-kô-drö'), in chemistry, the strong concretions in pears, produced by thickening and hardening of the cell walls, consists of this substance, together with a small quantity of mineral matter, which is removed by digesting them with dilute acetic acid.