Description:This book is the first book to comprehensively cover the important properties of Bile acids and Bile acid Toxicology. Bile acids are increasingly being seen as important carcinogenic agents in cancers and there is wide recognition of their role in obesity linked diseases. Topics covered in this book include synthesis and chemistry, regulation and biotransformation in vivo, Bile acid induced cell death, Genotoxicity, Bile acid induced gene expression and cell signalling abnormalities, and liver disease, colorectal cancer, oesophageal cancer, and obesity.