Talk:Bile

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Bile contains many toxins from the liver. Normally, they're bound to glutathione, glucuronic acid, Acetyl-CoA, or various amino acids. [Robert & Kerrie Broe] Bile also contains straight gluthathione (aka GSH). Reportedly, GSH accounts for up to 60% of all liver metabolites found in bile. [Paris Kidd] Page Notes 16:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What a bad page. I'm too lazy to edit it. Says nothing about CCK, movement of bile into hepatic ducts, into gallbladder, then into common bile duct into duodenum, with bicarbonate and digestive enzymes from pancrease assisting digestion of food in small intestine. and it tasts bad

Hey, doesn't bile come from chickens? Stranger

"Yellow and black bile were two of the four vital fluids [...]" -- Ok, the article states that bile is yellowish-green. So, what is black bile? Simon A. 18:14, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

That is explained in the rest of the sentence you marked with [...]. See the four humours. It's not an actual liquid produced by the body, but fluids thought to exist around 400 BC. - Jugalator 11:15, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC)

Note: I havn't made this change myself, as I'm not keen on getting the wording right and all.

The final paragraph on this article calls "yellow bile" Ichor. Ichor's page speaks of a mythical mineral in the blood of Gods, or something similiar. This sentence makes it sound more like it's real though.

The wikipedia article on Bilirubin mentions that a component of Bile, Bilirubin, is yellow in colour. Is this what the writer meant by it?

Bilirubin is a yellow breakdown product of haem (heme in American English). Haem is a special ring shaped molecule that is found in haemoglobin. The haem ring holds the iron atoms of haem and is essential to the oxygen carrying capacity of blood. 24.76.141.132 22:14, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

No, Ichor refers to the four humors view of "bile". It has no relationship with the bile we know, which is actually green more than yellow. JFW | T@lk 23:02, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Some sort of clear seperation between the section on the humours view on bile and the other part might be useful. 24.76.141.132 (Offtopic: look at me, my IP remains static! Frightening from a normal consumer ISP.)

Thanks for the addition. --24.76.141.132 02:30, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Which substance is responsible for the extremely bitter taste of bile? Icek 05:28, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone make an article about using bear's bile in the making of a chinese traditional medicine? it's cruel..

You can. Isn't this a stub? Moabalan.

Nope, though not complete it is far from a stub now. WLU 14:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

whats the pH value of bile

This article begins with, "Bile (or gall) is a bitter, yellow or green alkaline fluid..." I think this should instead read, "Bile (or gall) is a bitter-tasting, yellow or green alkaline fluid..." or, "Bile (or gall) is a yellow or green alkaline fluid with a bitter taste..." to eliminate any ambiguity that "bitter" refers to the taste of bile. I wouldn't expect anyone to taste bile to identify it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.91.34.187 (talk) 22:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

poiujpo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.84.90.28 (talk) 19:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures

I think this article will benefit greatly with a picture of bile and a better (close-up) schematic diagram of the liver/pancreas/stomach/small intestines/bile duct/pancreatic duct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.40.74 (talk) 02:48, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jaundice

Jaundice should be mentioned here as a condition of bile.