Ursodeoxycholic acid
Also known as: Ursodiol UDCA
Active ingredient description
The ursodeoxycholic acid converts lithogenic bile in non-lithogenic bile and gradually dissolves the cholesterol gallstones.
Medicine classification
This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:
Product monographs
Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):
Medicines
Ursodeoxycholic acid is the active ingredient of these drugs:
United States
Spain
Turkey
France Ireland United Kingdom
Ecuador
France
United Kingdom
Italy
France
Netherlands
Brazil
Italy
Italy
Ireland Poland Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
France Germany
Turkey
Hong Kong
New Zealand
Italy
Ecuador
Ecuador
Turkey
Brazil Italy
Turkey
Italy Turkey
Canada United States
Cyprus Hong Kong Italy Romania
Spain Tunisia
Poland
Ecuador
Finland Germany Netherlands Romania Spain
Turkey
Hong Kong
Turkey
Australia
Australia Austria Cyprus Ecuador Estonia
Italy
Turkey
Austria Estonia Ireland Lithuania Romania
Turkey
Italy
France Tunisia Turkey
Turkey
Hong Kong
Austria Germany Netherlands United Kingdom
Poland
Australia Estonia Lithuania New Zealand Romania
South Africa
Netherlands
Turkey
Poland
Turkey
Ursodeoxycholic acid is also found within below combination drugs:
Structural formula
Chemical formula: C₂₄H₄₀O₄
Molecular mass: 392.572 g/mol