3β-OH-7-Oxocholenic acid is a bile acid.1 It is also a metabolite of 7β-hydroxy cholesterol in rats. Conjugated forms of 3β-OH-7-oxocholenic acid have been found in the urine of patients with Neimann-Pick disease type C.2,3
|1. Norii, T., Yamaga, N., and Yamasaki, K. Metabolism of 7β-hydroxycholesterol-4-14C in rat. Steroids 15(3), 303-326 (1970).|2. Alvelius, G., Hjalmarson, O., Griffiths, W.J., et al. Identification of unusual 7-oxygenated bile acid sulfates in a patient with Niemann-Pick disease, type C. J. Lipid Res. 42(10), 1571-1577 (2001).|3. Maekawa, M., Omura, K., Sekiguchi, S., et al. Identification of two sulfated cholesterol metabolites found in the urine of a patient with Niemann-Pick disease type C as novel candidate diagnostic markers. Mass Spectrom. (Tokyo) 5(2), S0053 (2016).